Abstract

The article examines personal tolerance to uncertainty as a holistic phenomenon with a complex structure that includes external and internal factors playing different roles in its organization, that is, having both direct and indirect influence. Since the concept of personal resources supporting tolerance is mainly associated with adaptation and crisis overcoming, a person's internal resources as a system of interconnected characteristics (emotional, need, motivational, behavioural etc.) are of the top priority in ensuring the mobilizing and adapting function under any changing conditions that require adaptation to them. By generalizing different theoretical approaches, we have developed a holistic model of the phenomenon of personal tolerance to uncertainty with the following structural components: internal factors (basic beliefs, goals, values, self-efficacy, optimism, hope, coherence, cognitive flexibility, resilience, hardiness); external factors (social support, meaningful interactions, social contacts); and mediators (coping strategies, psychological defences). We have substantiated that psychological resources are the factors and predictors of tolerance to uncertainty and can be mediators, having an indirect effect; internal resources are a person's fundamental abilities to counteract negative psychological influences and to promote mental health preservation; recognizing and using these recourses (cognitive, emotional, physiological), related to personal values and beliefs, creates a proactive approach to human mental health and psychological well-being; psychological resources have a lifelong genesis and are subject to development; in particular, optimism is a resource that promotes hope, provides the necessary vitality and resilience, prevents apathy and hopelessness, and helps to overcome stress in difficult life circumstances.

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