Resilience as a condition of psychological safety of future transport specialists

Introduction. The objective is to study resilience as a multi-faceted construct providing the learners' psychological safety. Materials and Methods. The following methods were used: Makhnach A.V. "Resilience of an adult", complex visual-motor reaction using UPFT1/30 "Psychophysiologist"; assessment of the functional state and physiological reserves of cardiovascular and vegetative systems of the body; Big Five five-factor personality questionnaire by R. McCrae, P. Costa. The study covered sixty people. Statistical methods of data processing included descriptive statistics. Results and Discussion. It is established that resilience is a basic component of psychological safety of the personality of future transport specialists and provides their psychological well-being. The results of the analysis of objective psycho-physiological criteria of the functional state of the organism, which provide an integrative system of resilience properties, are presented. Students of departmental higher education institution are characterized by higher adaptive abilities, which is directly reflected in their resilience and indicates the optimal functioning of the student organism. The correlations between psycho-physiological indicators of the functional state of the organism and structural components of resilience (perseverance, self-efficacy, internal locus of control) are established. Conclusions. Situations of unfavourable effects of various factors of external and internal environment on a person contribute to the formation and development of resilience, which is directly reflected in the regulatory processes of the organism. Consideration of objective psycho-physiological criteria of functional state providing an integrative system of resilience properties determines the need to include this parameter in the system of measures of psychological and pedagogical support.