The determinants of the development of professional distortions in medical personnel, teachers and psychologists working in an industrial-disaster zoneстатья
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Аннотация:This article presents research results regarding the determinants and individual predictors of professional distortions in the medical personnel, teachers, and psychologists who
were involved in long-term programs of human relief assistance after a catastrophic accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station. The research aim was
to analyze the factors influencing the increase in and the accumulation of occupational
stress in the groups investigated. The stress studied was caused by strong emotional tension in 3 months of intensive work after the accident. The extraordinary situation served
as a challenge, a kind of “strength test” for individual adaptation, which led to the manifestation of extreme adaptation options (destructive and constructive forms) and allowed
us to clarify the factors that contributed to their development. The research showed that,
in this situation, psychological (in particular, emotional) resources and individual coping
characteristics played a determinative role in professional adaptation.