The role of a family and a close environment in the formation of the resilience of the extreme activity subjects: cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: To study the role of family and close environment in the formation of a high level of resilience of subjects in the sphere of extreme activity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study involved 748 male subjects of different professional groups whose daily activity included an extreme component at the content level. From them two groups were distinguished - with a low level of ability to live (55 people) and with a high level of ability to live (397 people). Interpersonal relations were diagnosed in all participants. The role of the family and the immediate environment was assessed according to the author’s questionnaire. RESULTS: In the low and high resiliency group, 42.6 % and 44.6 % of respondents were confident in most of their coworkers; conflicts among colleagues were denied by 51.1 % and 57.2 % of those surveyed; 48.9 % and 57.9 % of wives had a positive attitude toward their husband’s profession, respectively. DISCUSSION: Subjects of extreme activity with a high level of resiliency in interpersonal relations aspire to close cooperation with the reference group, to friendly relations with others. Respondents with a low level of resiliency are characterized by greater emotional coldness and aloofness in meaningful interpersonal relationships. They are less tolerant of change of environment and more easily lose their equilibrium in social conflicts with co-workers and superiors. Congruent interaction with a significant reference environment contribute to the leveling of conflict situations, so the formation of not just a favorable climate of the team, and the maintenance of comradery, companionship, brotherly relations, based on the principles of mutual respect and mutual support determines the maintenance of a high level of professional vitality in the subjects of the extreme profile.