The Phenomenon of Psychological Resourcefulness of a Personality in a Paradigm of Ecological Psychology

Abstract

The purpose of our article is to analyze the phenomenon of psychological resourcefulness of a personality in a paradigm of Ecological Psychology.

Methods of the research. The following theoretical methods of the research were used to solve the tasks formulated in the article: a categorical method, structural and functional methods, methods of the analysis, systematization, modeling and generalization. The experimental method of our research is the ascertainment research.

The results of the research. Based on the results of the ascertaining study we have obtained we offer different approaches to the concept of “psychological resourcefulness of the individual”. It is considered, first of all, as a certain result of the professional activity of a practical psychologist as a holistic, harmonious, self-governing system that ensures the professional activity of a practical psychologist at the level of “operational calm”, allowing the specialist not only to most optimally resist various natural and social factors of the environment, but also to actively and purposefully influence them. This definition rightly emphasizes the systemic organization of the psychological resourcefulness of the personality of future practical psychologists and the significant role of the purposeful professional activity of a practical psychologist. At the same time, it is important to indicate what determines this orientation and what result can be considered the most optimal. The last aspect in determining the psychological resourcefulness of the personality of a practical psychologist is meant if the psychological resourcefulness of the personality (that is, the psychological resourcefulness of the personality only at the level of mental functions in the whole integral relationship of its components) we regard as a process whereby the reaction of future practical psychologists in response to medium-level changes is carried out with the inclusion in the structure of the professional activity of the practical psychologist of previously acquired professional experience.

Conclusions. We proved that the psychological resourcefulness of the personality of future practical psychologists can be defined as the process of establishing the optimal ratio of the personality and the environment in the course of carrying out the professional activities inherent to a psychologist, which allows future practical psychologists to satisfy the current needs of the professional activities of a practical psychologist and to realize the significant goals associated with them (while maintaining mental and physical health), while ensuring the compliance of a person’s mental activity and behavior with the requirements for the development of the psychological resourcefulness of the personality.