Level Of Stress Resistance Research Articles

Study of Stress Resistance in Young Men Playing Computer Games (Using the Example of the Genres Shooter and MOBA)

The article presents research data on the stress tolerance of young men playing computer games of the genre first-person shooter and MOBA. Based on the results obtained,it is concluded that all young men have a high level of stress resistance. There were nodifferences in the level of stress resistance from the preferred genre of the game. Analysis ofthe results of the survey allowed to determine the time occupied by the game, which tendsto increase on certain days of the week. It is shown that the measures used by parents andlecturer, young people consider not effective, do not recognize dependence on the game, donot plan to change lifestyle in the near future.

Self-Actualization and Stress Resistance: Methodological and Practical Aspects of Studying the Personality of Students in the Process of Distance Learning

The article considers the issues of studying the self-actualization of the personality by the representatives of various conceptual schools. We consider distance learning in the higher education system as a capacity for opportunities, as the implementation of an individual approach in learning, motivating the student to self-learn, freedom from rigid binding to the territory and a certain period of time, objective assessment of learning results. The study's goal is to investigate the connection between the self-actualization of the personality and the level of students' stress resistance in the process of distance learning. Research methods: questionnaires and testing. Based on theoretical analysis, the methodological basis of the study was determined in relation to the self-actualization of the personality as the highest level of its development in the context of humanistic psychology, distance learning. As a result of an empirical study, the authors of the article revealed the correlation between the ambition for self-actualization and the level of stress resistance. The ambition for self-actualization correlates with the level of assessment of one’s effectiveness in distance learning, and there are sex differences according to the criteria of the ambition for self-actualization and the level of stress resistance.

Stress resistance of medical university students as an indicator of working capacity in the conditions of hygienic organization of the educational process

Successful training of highly qualified personnel is closely related to the preservation of health, improving the performance of students. The article analyzes the experience of using hygienic, pedagogical organization of the educational process in medical university students, as an indicator of increasing motivation to learn, revealing the subjectivity of students, increasing their stress resistance. The purpose of the work is to study the pedagogical hygienic means of the educational process in higher education, which increase the level of stress resistance of medical university students. The study involved respondents aged 20 years, students of the medical university in the number of 150 people. The diagnostic technique of the resilience test was used, which was adapted by D.A. Leontiev and E.I. Rasskazova on the basis of the Hardiness questionnaire, and such indicators of resilience as engagement, control and risk acceptance are analyzed. In the course of the work, it was found that in the general group, the number of students with high and average indicators of general resilience was 69 %, while 31 % of those who participated in the study had low indicators, respectively. Among them, 64 % of respondents showed high engagement parameters, 70 % control, and 87 % risk acceptance. During the experimental work, the group of students was divided into 2 subgroups of 75 people: control and experimental. The program of the formative experiment was thought out, where various pedagogical hygienic means of the educational process were used. The introduction of new pedagogical hygiene products has increased the level of overall resilience. So, the number of people with high parameters of resilience increased by 20 %, and the number of students with a low level of resilience before the experiment decreased to 11 %. In the experimental group, after the introduction of individualization tools, the overall index of resilience significantly increased from 69 % to 89 % (p < 0,05). In the control group, the increase in the index of resilience did not occur, it remained at the same level — 67 %.

RESILIENCE AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL RESOURCE FOR PRESERVING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF STAFF OF PENITENTIARY INSTITUTIONS

The article examines the current issue of the psychological resource of the staff of penitentiary institutions, in particular the phenomenon of resilience as the need to resist stress and display mental stability manifested in professional activity. It is emphasized that the professional activity of the staff of penitentiary institutions contains traumatic work situations and is filled with stress factors. The extreme nature of their activities is substantiated, and the process of adaptation of penitentiary staff to extreme working conditions depends on the strength of stressors and stress resistance: the supply of important information and energy resources for overcoming stressful situations. The properties of stress resistance of individuals of an extreme type of profession are summarized: psychophysiological, emotional, cognitive, integrative. A brief overview of various approaches to the conceptualization and definition of the concept of resilience is presented - as a trait or ability of an individual; as a process and as an adaptive and protective mechanism of the individual. The components of resilience are given: 1) cognitive flexibility and reframing; 2) resourceful emotional states; 3) connection with values, spirituality, meaning of life; 4) effective coping strategies; 5) social competence. It was determined that the advantages of resilience are high adaptability, psychological well-being and success in activities. Attention is also paid to the theoretical and methodological model of resilience, which includes four phases: confrontation with risk factors (traumatic events); activation of protective factors and vulnerability factors; interaction between protective factors and vulnerability factors; possible outcomes: resilience, maladaptation. The understanding that resilience plays an important role in the ability and formation of post-traumatic growth of penitentiary staff is offered. It has been established that in order to achieve the level of integration of the staff of penitentiary institutions in the selected aspect of adaptation to professional activity, it is necessary to develop successful coping strategies by teaching self-regulation skills and improving the level of stress resistance associated with the level of job satisfaction.

Stress Resistance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains Overexpressing Yeast Polyphosphatases

Inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) is an important factor in the stress resistance of microorganisms. The polyphosphate-overexpressing strains of yeast S. cerevisiae were used as a model for studying the inter-relationship between stress resistance and polyP level. We compared the polyP level and resistance to the oxidative, manganese, cadmium, and alkaline stresses in parent stain CRN and in strains overexpressing the four yeast polyphosphatases: Ppx1, Ppn1, Ppn2, and Ddp1. Strains overexpressing Ppx1, Ppn1, and Ppn2 have lower polyP content and the strain overexpressing Ddp1 has the same polyP content as the parent strain. The strains overexpressing Ppn1 and Ddp1 show higher resistance to peroxide and manganese. The strain overexpressing Ppx1 showed a decrease in peroxide resistance. The strain overexpressing Ppn2 was more resistant to alkaline and peroxide stresses. A similar increase in resistance to the manganese and peroxide stresses of strains overexpressing Ppn1 and Ddp1, which differ in polyP content, led to the conclusion that there is no direct relationship between polyP content and variations in this resistance. Thus, we speculate about the potential role of inositol pyrophosphates as signaling molecules in stress response.

Socio-psychological factors of personnel management in the context of tourist enterprises development

In modern conditions, which have had a devastating effect on the activities of tourism enterprises, the main tasks remain their preservation and development. Tourism as an industry has a great contribution to the national economy, as it not only provides paid services to the population, but also increases the number of jobs in such industries as transport, construction, hotel and restaurant industry, crafts, museums and more. Personnel management at tourism enterprises should be carried out taking into account the changing environmental conditions, changes in legislation, the ability to carry out tourism activities through hostilities in general. Characteristics of personnel management in crisis conditions of tourist enterprises functioning are considered and social and psychological factors as indicators of activity efficiency are allocated. The article considers the main trends in the functioning of tourist enterprises in the pre-war period, as the war caused almost complete destruction of the tourism sector. Taking into account the current circumstances, the possibilities of forming a motivational mechanism in tourism enterprises, which should be based not on material motivation and wages, but more on labor and status motivation and provide various forms of career advancement, corporate training, development of flexible work schedules and work seats optimization. Psychological factors of personnel management are proposed to be considered in terms of increasing the stress resistance of workers in changing conditions. Among the proposed measures are low-cost opinion polls on the characteristics of stress (loss of appetite or excessive appetite, sleep disturbances, chronic fatigue, rapid speech, loss of humor, irritability, frequent mistakes, unexplained headaches, stomach upset, alcoholism and smoking etc.) at enterprises that allow to identify the level of stress and stress resistance of employees, as well as measures to overcome stress, which are part of corporate culture and promote the tourism enterprises development.

Структурні компоненти формування стресостійкості майбутніх пілотів цивільної авіації у процесі професійної підготовки

Modern air transportation is so varied and complicated that it is necessary to ensure protection against the possibility of total system failure through human error or failure of one component of the system. Humans are a vital link in the air transport system, but by their very nature they are the most delicate and trivial part of the system. Responsible training is necessary to minimize human errors and ensure the work of qualified, knowledgeable and competent personnel. The professional activity of pilots is accompanied by a constant influence of negative stress-causers. Continuous action of stress-causers, in situations of uncertainty or possible threat to life or high probability of injury mean high demands not only to the level of professional training, but also to the psychological qualities of pilots, because their activity belongs to the category of height risk professions. It was found that the level of formation of stress resistance have direct influence on ability to maintain an adequate behavior in a stressful situation and respond quickly in crisis situations. Stress resistance of the personality ensures the possibility of realization of physical and spiritual potentials, determines the vitality, mental and physical health, which in modern conditions is particularly relevant, because the number of air travel is increasing rapidly. That is why one of the most important tasks of professional training of pilots is the formation of a high level of stress resistance. The analysis of psychological and pedagogical sources allowed us to determine the structure of stress resistance of future pilots, which consists of interconnected components: cognitive, emotional-volitional and activity-related. The cognitive component is characterized by the presence of general, professional and applied knowledge of stress and stress resistance, necessary for preparation for the future professional activity. The emotional and volitional component includes inner readiness to develop and form stress resistance both in everyday life and in professional activity. The activity component includes a set of skills, abilities and habits of pilots to maintain a high level of stress resistance, which form the basis of their professionalism and ensure successful professional activity, It also determines the activity of future pilots in acquiring experience to use the knowledge to maintain the level of stress resistance. Key words: stress, stress resistance, civil aviation, cognitive component, emotional and volitional component, activity component

Individual psychological predictors of occupational stress of the surgeons on the example of orthopedic surgeons

The practical activity of surgeons is an essential part of providing in-patient and out-patient medical aid in the Russian Federation. The orthopedic surgeons are at high risk of maladjustment due to the negative impact of job-related stress factors., and thus are more sensitive to psychoemotional strains in comparison with other professional groups. The effectiveness of the corrective effect of surgical treatment is closely associated with the risk of medical malpractice. Comprehensive assessment of psychoemotional state of the orthopedic surgeons reveals the subjective level of stress resistance as a health-saving factor in the context of rendering medical aid in the in-patient facilities. The goal of this research lies in determination of predictors of emotional exhaustion among the orthopedic surgeons due to their professional activity. The sampling involved 75 male staff members of the department of Traumatology and Orthopedics at the Central Clinical Hospital of the Russian Academy of Sciences and National Pirogov Medical Surgical Center. Assessment is conducted on the functional state, anxiety level, and peculiarities of coping behavior of the respondents, using a tested psychodiagnostic toolset and SPPS Statistics 28.0.1.0. As a result, it is revealed that psychoemotional well-being of orthopedic surgeons affects their overall behavior and the effectiveness of professional activity. Description is given to predictors of the symptoms of personality neuroticism caused by emotional exhaustion related to neuropsychiatric loads and risk of development of the chronic fatigue syndrome. The author establishes a proclivity for asthenia, emotional distress, rigidity, low activity level, and impaired mood among the orthopedic surgeons working in the in-patient care facilities.

Gender features of psychological self-regulation of higher education seekers

The article highlights the problem of gender characteristics of psychological self-regulation of higher education applicants. The relevance of the mentioned issue is determined by the need to ensure the success of the individual in educational activities in the conditions of a gender-sensitive higher education institution. A brief analysis of the latest research and publications on the problems of gender education and psychological self-regulation was carried out. The theoretical and practical principles of psychological self-regulation and gender issues in education are substantiated. Ways to increase the level of self-regulation of higher education applicants in higher education institutions have been identified and experimentally verified. The article introduces the results of an empirical study that was conducted at the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine at the Faculty of Humanities and Pedagogy with the aim of determining the gender characteristics of psychological self-regulation of higher education applicants. The following methods were used: the method "Investigation of the level of self-regulation" (the author's method of I. A Usatov); the method "Investigation of voluntary self-regulation according to the questionnaire test of A. V. Zverkov and E. V. Eidman; the method "Style features of self-regulation of behavior" by V. I. Morosanova; non-standardized self-observation (keeping a diary of self-observations); observation and interview. The article also contains the results of the study of routine (everyday) self-regulation techniques of higher education applicants during the working day. The analysis of the research results showed that the ability to self-regulate remains a problematic issue, as the majority is unable to maintain a stable mental state in non-standard situations of educational activity, especially during physical and psychological influence on them and in non-standard, stressful situations. However, the higher education applicants are aware of the need to develop self-regulation skills. The following ways of acquiring skills and abilities of emotional self-regulation by students of higher education, taking into account gender characteristics, are defined, such as psychological training, autogenic training, development of pedagogical techniques, inclusion of gender courses in the training plans of specialists (for example, "Gender Psychology"), organization of various educational activities, conducting trainings for the university community. In order to increase the indicators of stress resistance, the ability to self-regulate and improve the skills of planning, modeling, programming, flexibility, independence and evaluating the results of one's own activities, the study participants were offered psychotraining of personality self-regulation and psychotraining "Gender in Education" and offered "Methodological recommendations for improving the level of self-regulation of higher education applicant on the basis of gender". The results of repeated diagnosis of levels of stress resistance and self-regulation of higher education applicants showed an increase in these indicators and proved the effectiveness of the proposed program. Therefore, self-regulation of behavior is an integrative property of the individual, which unites the intellectual, motivational, volitional, emotional sphere of the individual. The problems of self-regulation of the personality in order to achieve its success in educational activities are becoming more and more relevant for higher education teachers, scientists, and psychologists. Identifying the peculiarities of psychological self-regulation in the gender aspect and finding ways to improve it is a problem that requires further scientific research.

DEVELOPMENT OF A USER CLASSIFICATION METHOD ACCORDING TO THE LEVEL OF STRESS RESISTANCE USING A MODIFIED AUTO-ASSOCIATIVE NEURAL NETWORK

The work is aimed at solving a relevant for Ukraine and the world scientific and applied problem – the development of methods and means of constructing a psychophysical portrait of man to determine its stress resistance. For a number of professions, special methods of selecting personnel for special abilities are needed. Such abilities (qualities) include: health; motivation and will to act decisively, with the maximum effort of their physical, intellectual and psychological capabilities; physical training; level of mastery of technical means (or other means necessary in a critical situation); temperament; nature; emotional condition; accumulation of fatigue during the task and others. The article develops a method for classifying users according to the level of stress resistance on the basis of a modified auto-associative neural network using the Fletcher – Reeves algorithm. There are several ways to classify stress responses, but a more obvious study is to divide them into behavioral, intellectual, emotional and physiological manifestations of stress. The main signs of behavioral stress are psychomotor disorders (excessive muscle tension, winter breathing rhythm), lifestyle changes (changes in daily routine, sleep disturbances), occupational disorders (decreased productivity, increased fatigue), impaired social role functions, increased conflict, increasing aggression, etc.). In conditions of constant influence of stress factors on human consciousness, the decision can be ill-considered and made under the influence of emotions. To avoid such a situation in the workplace, the head of the company must monitor the condition of the operator. This human operator stress assessment system has been developed to predict human operator stress. The main task of the model is to predict based on the obtained parameters of the human condition (stress or not). Additional testing was added to increase the model’s performance based on input data on physical parameters, gender, age, height, and bad habits. The purpose of testing is to increase the accuracy of model prediction. Data from 92 respondents with 1180 records were selected for testing. Data set division: testing – 20 %, training / verification – 80%. The best results were achieved with the help of our own developed neural network based on Keras. Also in the paper the implementation of decision-making methods, the method of k-nearest neighbors and the modified auto-associative network was presented.

Functional Activity of the Retina and Visual Evoked Cortical Potentials in Simulation the Factors of Space Flight in Conditions of Four Month Isolation in a Hermetic Object with Artificial Habitat

Background. The artificial environment of confined space causes a decrease in the functional reserve of the central nervous system and can affect human health and the success of space missions. In solving this problem, the urgent task is to study adaptation mechanisms that adapt the functioning of the visual sensory system to the conditions of the extreme environment. Purpose to obtain new objective data on the alterations in the functional activity of the visual system during prolonged stay of a person in extreme environmental conditions. Methods. Before and after a 4-month isolation experiment simulating a flight to the moon, an electrophysiological study was conducted of six practically healthy crew members with registration of a set of electroretinograms (ERG) and pattern-reversal visual evoked cortical potentials (VEP) according to the ISCEV standards. In dynamics, corrected monocular visual acuity (MVA) was assessed on board. Results. After the end of the experiment, on average for the group, there were no statistically significant changes in the MVA and functional activity of the retina and visual cortex compared with the initial data. However, individual changes on the part of the flicker ERG and reduction of VEP to small patterns stimulating the parvocellular channel of the visual system were revealed in three testers. These changes were associated with higher visually intense work and physical activity of these crew members, and with an individual reaction to sleep deprivation of pilots with increased responsibility. Conclusion. Four-month isolation with imitation of a space mission did not cause significant changes in the functional activity of the retina and visual pathways in healthy crew members. Individual differences of VEP-responses of the parvocellular visual system were revealed, which can reflect a high level of psychophysiological adaptation and stress resistance in physically active crew members.

A Brief Analysis on the Improvement of Resistance to Adversity of Adolescents in Growing Dilemma

The mental health of adolescents has been a hot issue in society. This article views the growth predicament of the teenagers from the angle of social work, and helps the teenagers get rid of the growth predicament by improving the resistance to adversity. The resistance to adversity is a very necessary personal quality in the growth and development of the teenagers. From the physical and psychological characteristics of the teenagers in the predicament, it can be learned that the teenagers' behaviors are often manipulated by the emotional factors and tend to produce extreme behaviors. Therefore, it is particularly important to improve the level of stress resistance of adolescents. In real life, when the teenagers are in a difficult situation, good level of resistance can make them better face the setback and calmly seek the solution of the problem, which will help the teenagers accumulate life experience. Therefore, it is of great significance to study how to improve the resistance of teenagers from the angle of social work.

Features of responding to stress of elderly patients with chronic brain ischemia

The aim of the study. To study the peculiarities of responding to stress, the stress resistance and adaptation of older men and women with chronic brain ischemia, as well as the stressboard effect of Mexidol.Material and methods. 124 patients aged 60–74 years old are surveyed: 72 men and 52 women (average age, respectively, 65.3 ± 0.4 and 64.7 ± 0.7 years) with Chronic Brain Ischemia I–II stage against the background of arterial hypertension and its combinations with atherosclerosis of cerebral vessels. The level of psychosocial stress was determined on the Holmes-Ray scale. Features of the response of patients to stress was studied using the methodology Scale of Psychological Stress PSM-25 and S. Rogenzweig. Stress resistance was investigated using S. Kuhlen's stress resistance self-resistant test and Villianson. The level of anxiety was determined using a scale of Ch.D. Spilberger and Yu.L. Khanin, depressed – backup questionnaire. The type of adaptation reactions was studied in the leukocyte blood formula on the percentage ratio of lymphocytes and segmented neutrophils, taking into account the representation of other formed elements.Results. The level of stress in older women with Chronic Brain Ischemia was higher than in men. The predominance of the intrinsic orientation of the reaction to stress and resolving the type of response to men, and the extrapunitive or self-defense type among women, which may indicate the largerness of the latter. The level of stress resistance was lower in women than in men, which correlated with higher indicators of situational anxiety. Adverse adaptation reactions were more often registered in women than in men. The course of treatment with Mexidol of elderly patients with chemical leads to a decrease in the severity of subjective and objective symptoms, alarming disorders, increases the stress resistance and adaptive capabilities of the body, which is confrmed by an increase in the number of persons with favorable adaptation reactions. The high effciency and safety of sequential therapy with Mexidol (injections, then the tableted form of Mexidol Forte 250) is shown.

Impact of organizational culture on the occupational health of specialists in socionomic professions

Socionomic professions refer to People to People occupations based on communication and interaction. Socionomic professions are distinguished by the peculiarities of the conditions, means, object, and product of labor. The study involved 3,500 healthcare professionals (including 1,320 doctors and 2,180 nurses) from 30 healthcare organizations in Moscow and Moscow region. As diagnostic techniques, we used I.D. Ladanov's methodolody "Level of organizational culture development", focused on revealing the level of organizational culture development in a healthcare institution, and a set of techniques for assessing the occupational health of healthcare professionals allowing us to determine the features of their psychological and emotional state, the level of self-esteem ("Psychological portrait of a healthcare professional"), stress resistance (Emotional stability questionnaire) and degree of satisfaction with work (methodology by N.V. Kalinina and M.I. Lukyanova). The study results showed the feasibility of developing and implementing targeted programs to establish and develop its organizational culture in each healthcare institution.

THE PRECULIARITIES OF CONDUCTING OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL EXPERTISE OF PERSONALITY

The article focuses on the problem of appointment and psychophysiological examination of personality. Theoretical approaches to stress resistance as a psychological category and one of the components of expert research are analyzed.
 Stress resistance is considered as a dynamic, integrative property of personality, as a result of interaction with a stressor, which includes the process of self-regulation, cognitive representation, objective characterization of the situation and requirements for personality. It is formed in the process of personality confrontation with stressors that are repeated in different situations and depend on understanding the life situation, adequate judgments in its interpretation, rational assessment and ability to predict their actions, the ability to choose adequate means of coping with stress.
 The article considers the level of stress resistance of the individual. The main methods of research of the level of stress resistance and determination of professional suitability are analyzed. The sample, stages of the research are characterized and the obtained results of the study of stress resistance in adolescence are analyzed. The necessity of psychological support to increase the level of personality resilience is discussed.
 In the article notes that the stress resistance of students is determined by the presence of stressors in the student environment, such as exam situations, periods of social adaptation, the need for personal self-determination in future professional activities. A powerful flow of information in the learning process of students increases the load on the cognitive sphere of personality, which leads to functional changes in the emotional, behavioral and personal spheres. High internal stress can cause complex physiological changes in a young person's body, and strong emotional stress leads to stress.

The relationship between time management competence and stress resistance of teachers with different amount of work experience

The study deals with the issue of the contradiction between the requirement for the emotional stability of the teacher in the process of working with children, colleagues and parents, and the lack of time management competence, which often creates stressful situations and constant tension. The study involved 67 female teachers of secondary schools in the city of Tula. The average work experience of teachers was 15.64±8.7 years, and the median work experience was 17 years. The criterion for dividing teachers into two equal groups was the median work experience: group 1 with work experience <= 17 years and group 2 with work experience of 18 or more years. As a diagnostic material several methods were used: the method of Diagnosing the State of Stress (by A. O. Prokhorov); the Test of Self-assessment of Stress Resistance by S. Cohen and G. Willianson; Self-Organization Activity Test Questionnaire (by E. Yu. Mandrikova). Statistical data processing was carried out in the SPSS Statistics 27 program (IBM). The author used the Pearson correlation coefficient to establish the tightness of the relationship between the studied parameters. The work uses the principal component analysis to reduce the dimension of the original feature space and identify the main factors. The correlation analysis revealed the presence of a positive relationship between the following indicators: time management competence and planning (r = 0.74; p <0.01); self-organization (r = 0.48; p <0.01); stress resistance (r = 0.61; p <0.01); work experience and purposefulness (r = 0.47; p <0.01). The study confirmed the assumption about the relationship of stress resistance with the work experience of a teacher. The level of the stress state and the level of stress resistance in the group of teachers with work experience of 18+ years exceeds the values of the same indicators in the group of teachers with work experience of less than 17 years. The research materials can be used in the work of a psychological service of an educational organization. They can contribute to the optimization of teachers' working hours, increase the effectiveness of pedagogical activities, as well as serve as a basis for the development of additional education programs and advanced training in the basics of time management.

Evaluation of winter wheat varieties by such indicator as “mass fraction of protein in grain”

Penza region is characterized by a diversity of natural and climatic zones and considerable variability of meteorological factors over the years. Therefore, the creation of high-yielding winter soft wheat varieties with high protein content in grain is one of the most significant challenges in this crop breeding. The purposes of this research are twofold: assess the ability of winter wheat varieties to form high-protein grain in various environmental conditions and isolate a valuable source material for breeding. The research objective is to evaluate winter wheat varieties by such indicator as “mass fraction of protein in grain”. The research was carried out from 2008 to 2017 in a forest-steppe zone of the Penza region. The soils of the experimental field – medium-humus medium-thick leached chernozem with the 35–40 cm depth of the plowing horizon. Ninety varieties of winter wheat from the world collection were the material for the research. The forecrop is black fallow. Square of experimental fields is 3 m2, triple replication. Seeding rate – 5.5 million germinating grains/ha. Standard – winter soft wheat variety ‘Fotinya’. Mass fraction of protein in grain in early ripening and mid-early varieties of winter wheat significantly differed from those of the mid-maturing group. Winter wheat varieties from the mid-ripening group were distinguished by a high protein content (on average 15.5 %), high yield (on average 3.8 t/ha), high yield of protein per hectare (on average 0.59 t/ha). According to the level of stress resistance, varieties ‘Fotinya’ and ‘Moskovskaya 39’ stood out (0.7 and 0.6, respectively). The following varieties are characterized by high genetic flexibility (15.3–16.2): ‘Fotinya’ (Penza region), ‘Moskovskaya 39’ (Moscow region), ‘Bezenchukskaya 380’ (Samara region), ‘Badulinka’ (Volgograd region), ‘Ershovskaya 25’ (Saratov region), ‘Zimorodok’, ‘Pobeda 50’ (Krasnodar Territory), ‘Zernogradka 8’, ‘Konkurent’ (Rostov Region). All the aforementioned varieties have less variability of a characteristic over the years (coefficient of variation – 3.2–9.7 %) and are recommended for use as a starting material for creating new forms.

Развитие интеллектуальных способностей младших подростков с различными уровнями стрессоустойчивости

The research featured the intellectual abilities of teenagers with different levels of stress resistance. The research objective was to describe the options for intellectual development of secondary school students depending on their stress resistance level. The authors reviewed various approaches to intellectual development of younger adolescents. They proposed a set of assessment techniques for the level of mental development. The research revealed the effect of stress resistance on the intellectual abilities of teenagers. Teenagers with a low level of stress resistance were excitable and careless, while demonstrating tender conscience and poor analytical and verbal skills. Respondents with a high level of stress showed a low level of excitability and conscientiousness, a high level of carelessness, a good ability to establish analogies, and admirable verbal abilities. The paper contains some useful recommendations for teachers and parents on the development of teenagers' intellectual skills based on their level of stress resistance.

Теоретико-прикладные аспекты гендерных различий стрессоустойчивости сотрудников органов внутренних дел

The article actualizes the problem of a high level of stress resistance of employees of internal affairs agencies who regardless of gender, must achieve the assigned tasks and carry out effectively operational and service activities in dangerous and extreme conditions. The article presents a theoretical analysis of the scientific views of domestic and foreign scientists of the problem of stress factors and gender differences in stress resistance, levels of stress in the operational activities of employees of internal affairs agencies. Some gender characteristics, stereotypes of feminine and masculine behavior are revealed. The psycho-applied aspects of the problem under study are reflected in the form of the results of psychological observations of the authors of the article on the behavior of employees of the internal affairs agencies according to which male and female employees do not always act according to gender stereotypes of behavior when they find themselves in difficult and dangerous situations. Taking into account the mixed nature of the service collectives of the subdivisions of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia the need for an empirical study aimed at studying the stress resistance of female and male employees of the internal affairs bodies is justified. This study will make it possible to characterize psychological work as differential work, designed for the gender characteristics of employees of the of internal affairs agencies and aimed at developing their stress resistance as a professionally important quality.

Psychological features of specialists` professional activity of reconnaissance units

The paper theoretically analyzes the modern research by Ukrainian and foreign scientists, which provide analyzes of the main requirements for the personality of a military reconnaissance specialist and his professional activities. The main stress factors affecting scouts in high-risk conditions and their significant psychological qualities which are factors of high efficiency and effectiveness in performing combat tasks are identified. The main psychological requirements for the level of development of the cognitive, emotional-volitional and behavioral fields of a scout are determined, taking into account the specifics of the professional activity. It is specified what professional qualities a scout should have and their psychological profile is outlined. The predominant functional states that may occur during combat missions assignment at different stages of training are identified. It is stated that the stress resistance of a scout is a attainment of a specialist, which ensures his optimal functioning in emotionally difficult conditions with minimal consequences for his psychophysiological health, taking into account the influence of occupational stress factors in combat. The necessity and possible stages of preventive formation of a high level of stress resistance of scouts in order toincrease their resistance to traumatic factors are substantiated. Perspective ways of formation of high-level of stress-resistance in reconnaissance units personnel, maintenance of maximum combat effectiveness of each scout and motivation for professional activity are revealed. The proposed view on the specifics of the professional activities of a scout allows to prepare a highly qualified specialist with a sufficient level of resistance to stress and a high ability to self-improvement, self-control and self-regulation.