RESILIENT COPING AS A PERSONAL RESOURCE FOR OVERCOMING SUICIDAL RISK IN OLDER ADOLESCENTS

Relevance. The article presents the results of an empirical study of personal resources for overcoming suicide risk in older adolescents. The authors have clarified the understanding of personal resources for overcoming suicide risk as a systemic characteristic of personality, including resilient coping strategies, resilient beliefs, a positive emotional attitude towards the future and ensuring a sufficient level of psychological stability in difficult life situations. Purpose. Тo identify the characteristics of resilient coping in older adolescents with different levels of suicidal risk. Materials and methods: «Suicide Risk Questionnaire» (A. G. Shmelev modified by T. N. Razuvaeva), «Maddy's Vitality Test» (adapted by D. A. Leontiev and E. I. Rasskazova), «Coping Behavior in Stressful Situations» (CBSS) method (N. S. Endler, D. A. Parker, adapted by T. L. Kryukova), and the «Emotional attitude toward the future» method (M. R. Ginzburg). The study involved 164 teenagers (8th-grade students of both sexes) from a public school in Surgut. Results. The article describes the features of resilient coping in older adolescents with different levels of suicidal risk. Empirical data are presented indicating that low values of resilience and its components correspond to high values of suicidal risk and, conversely, high values of resilience and its components correspond to low values of suicidal risk. Based on the obtained empirical data, a conclusion is made that resilient coping acts as a personal resource that helps older adolescents overcome difficult life situations and thereby reduce the risk of suicidal behavior. Scope of results application. The possibilities of using the results of this study for the purposes of primary prevention of suicide risk among older adolescents, aimed at developing the personal resources of students, are shown. EDN: GUGMIH