Psychological Security of the Individual as a Functional Component of Professional Activity

Olha Lazorko,Myroslava Kulesha-Liubinets,Veronika Shkrabiuk,Svitlana Koval,Nelia Bihun,Olena Hrek

doi:10.18662/brain/12.4/259

Abstract

Consideration of professional safety as a functional component of professional activity includes analysis of categorical methodological grounding of this concept in psychological work in the context of ergonomic provision of effective professional activity by a complex of external worker’s and individual worker’s protection, where special attention is paid to dangerous professions. First of all, took into account the need of accidents causes at work; determining the optimal workload in professional activities; identification of human reserve capabilities and ergonomic optimization of interaction processes with the production environment. The general, differentiated indicators of susceptibility to danger are specified; the preconditions for the formation of psychological security are determined; the factors of erroneous actions’ occurrence at performance of professional activity are allocated; the psychological provision of labor safety through a system of organizational measures is outlined. Historical digression in the application of a systematic approach to the analysis of professional activity, as well as general psychological provisions of the concept of systemogenesis of professional activity, the concept of structural and functional organization of self-regulation, the concept of maladaptive activity (risk readiness) and the concept of product ergonomics, personality in assessing the quality of human life. Elaboration on the definition of the work psychological signs and its gradations and development of receptions of professional self-preservation of the person is presented.

Highlights

The study’s relevance of specialist’s successful functioning psychology is due to the real problems of psychological security of the individual within his professional development
Human security is ensured by a set of external protection, individual protection, which is determined primarily by behavior, human lifestyle, necessary knowledge and psychological training, technical means and natural protection, which is determined at the biological level. Most often it is a question of safety for representatives of dangerous professions, and the branch of psychology safety of professional activity where questions are the correct social position formation, motivation for safe carrying out of works, motivation of reasonable behavior in all spheres is engaged in its life, obtaining the necessary set of knowledge to ensure individual and collective security (Buzunov, 1991)
In the concept of professional activity’s systemogenesis of Shadrikov (1981) we find the generalized description of the professional activity’s psychological components: 1. Formation of motives of professional activity provides: a) shift of a motive for the purpose of labor activity; b) for the formation of professional motivation, it is important for a person to "accept" the profession and find the personal meaning of activity; c) as a result of the formation of professional motivation is formed holistic behavior of the employee

Summary

Introduction

The study’s relevance of specialist’s successful functioning psychology is due to the real problems of psychological security of the individual within his professional development. Consider the central aspects of occupational psychology, where occupational safety is considered in terms of forming an adequate thinking of the specialist and a holistic system of knowledge, skills and abilities that are essential for making informed decisions at the individual level. This applies to the preparation of a particular employee, taking into account his personal characteristics for a long and guaranteed safe work. Human security is ensured by a set of external protection (technical, regulatory, social, sectoral), individual protection, which is determined primarily by behavior, human lifestyle, necessary knowledge and psychological training, technical means and natural protection, which is determined at the biological level

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