The relevance of the study of the socio-psychological phenomenon of personal security in the era of post-modernism is due to the real problems of today's society, which at the present stage of state development are characterized by acute interrelationships between the requirements of social security as a factor of socio-political and national security and the real state of mental existence. associated with indicators of social well-being of the individual. The aim of the article is to prove that the concept of anxiety is a characteristic of social society in the era of postmodernism, preceding the need for security; to give a generalized concept of security in the era of postmodernism as a set of attributes; to identify indicators of psychological security as a complex polyfunctional phenomenon in the era of postmodernism. The article indicates that the choice of specific aspects of human security and the perspective of their consideration depend on the system in which man is included, such as the system "man - nature", "man - production", "man - technology", as well as social systems “man - man "," man - society "," man - state ". Three factors that determine human safety are specified: the human factor, the environmental factor and the security factor; and physical and psychological means of protection against dangerous situations.

The article considers the problem of studying the psychological security of an individual in domestic and foreign approaches. The concept of a psychological security of an individual, its structural components, criteria and factors of influence are taken into account; features of a psychological security of a specialist in extreme conditions are examined. It has been established that a person’s professional activity has an impact on his/her physical, mental, and social health, leading to specific forms of mental disorders. This is especially evident in the activities of health professionals. Peculiarities of structural components concerning psychological security of a nurse, namely the motivationalvolitional, value-semantic, and inner comfort components are studied. The following research methods are used: the viability test by S. Maddy (adapted by D. Leontiev and O. Rasskazova) and “The scale of professional activity motivation” by K. Zamfir (modified by A. Rean) to study the motivational-volitional component of psychological security of an individual; the method of difficult life conditions by D.O. Leontiev to study the value-semantic component; the questionnaire “State of health in extreme conditions” by A. Volkov and N. Vodopianova to study the inner comfort of an individual. Spearman’s correlation method was used for statistical analysis. The analysis of the results suggests that nurses need psychological help during the pandemic.

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The article investigates the problem of studying the vitality according to domestic and foreign approaches. The concept of “vitality” and its components, peculiarities of vitality and stress interrelation are considered. The factors that cause stress in humans and the mechanisms of vitality that reduce the impact of stress factors on an individual, as well as characteristics of a student’s age being one of sensitive periods of their manifestation and development of vitality are shown. The author empirically investigates special features and components of vitality development of students-psychologists, who are in their 1-4 years of study at the university. The research involved 80 students from the University after Ushinsky. The following research methods were used: the vitality test by S. Maddy (adapted by D.O. Leontiev and O.I. Rasskazova), the method of life meaningful orientation by D.O. Leontiev, questionnaire “The idea of information and psychological safety” by T.O. Basanova. Spearman’s correlation method and U. Mann-Whitney’s test were used for statistical analysis. According to the results of the study, it was found that the level of the students’ vitality in their 1-4 years was average but a significant increase in indicators was found in those who were in their third year. Peculiarities of the students’ life awareness with different levels of vitality are revealed. Besides, the connections between the indicators of vitality and the components of life meaningful orientations of testees’ are presented. The level of information-and-psychological safety of students and its connection with vital indicators is investigated. That is, vitality as a resource stimulates the activity of students and can ensure their psychological safety in modern realities.

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