Academic services of psychological support in the formation and development of stress resistance of subjects of university education

Abstract

Introduction. Human life during the period of higher education is filled with numerous stresses, conflicts and crises. There are especially many of them where the quality of education is low, and the subjects of education are deprived or limited in their opportunities to receive special psychological and other support, where special and systematic work is not carried out to form and develop the stress resistance of the subjects of educational relations.Purpose setting. The purpose of the study is to analyze the tasks and capabilities of modern academic psychological services in the formation and development of stress resistance of subjects of university education.Methodology and methods of the study. The research method is a theoretical analysis of the tasks and capabilities of modern academic psychological services in the formation and development of stress resistance of subjects of university education.Results. University stress is a chronic condition, with little difference between the beginning and end of the academic year, the beginning and end of education. At the same time, the stressful events of the university period of human life are numerous and varied. The stresses of education, including the stresses of innovations in education, significantly reduce academic performance and adversely affect the psychological well-being of students, teachers and other members of the university community. The types of stress and support for members of the university community may be different. Numerous complexities of university life include issues such as adaptation to a new environment and the general stress of student / teaching life, etc.: problems of acquiring and assigning academic competencies, problems of academic and related relationships, problems of fairness – inclusion and stigmatization – exclusion, problems education of children, problems of entering the profession, its practice, problems of physical, psychological, moral health, etc. All this speaks of the multiplicity of tasks and opportunities of modern academic psychological services in the formation and development of stress resistance of subjects of university education.Conclusion. A psychologist can and should act as a model of «ideal» students, teachers, leaders, parents, that is, people who have developed competencies in the ability to learn, teach, educate and be educated. But his main task is to facilitate, assistance, support the development of these competencies, including stress tolerance competencies, other competencies in the field of prevention and coping with difficulties in crisis and stressful situations, in other subjects of education. This imposes very serious requirements on the level of professional, personal and interpersonal maturity of an academic service specialist, activities in the field of directed formation and development of stress resistance of subjects of educational relations.