Survival in the real and digital world – an example of innovative support for preventive medicine using INNOAGON methods

The cognitive goal of this article is to present knowledge about the yet unknown proportions of convergence and divergence between the subjective sense of one's own motor and mental competences to survive in various circumstances of the natural environment and social interactions with the results of applied motor, non-motor and mixed-motor simulations, among young women and men preparing for a profession related to the universal human values hypothesis. The study enrolled 32 students from the University of Rzeszów studying sports and military. No distinction has been made based on sex, as it was assumed that that awareness of threats and competence to survive are essential characteristics of every human being, regardless of sex. The level of perception and survival skills has been studied in two areas, i.e. in the real world (RW) and digital world (DW). Respondents correctly identify the main areas of survival competence in the real and digital worlds. There are large discrepancies between imagined and empirically verified survival skills, in both areas studied. There are empirically proven grounds for implementing and objectively assessing the competencies of survival in the real and digital world as specific components of somatic, mental and social health. It is necessary to objectively verify these competences with simple and easily accessible research tools.