Personal Resources of Individuals in Difficult Life Situations in Relation to Rehabilitation Potential (a Case Study of Individuals with Substance Use History)

The author represents the research results, in which the personal resources of the adults facing difficult life situations correspond to their rehabilitation potential. According to the correlation analysis outcomes prove that, for the individuals with a history of substance dependence, rehabilitation potential is most closely associated with their life-meaning orientations and resilience. It is established that the rehabilitation potential at such individuals functions as an integrative personal construct centered on a meaning in life and resilience, and its component differentiation reflects various aspects of the contingence with personal resources. The study clues the personal resources content in the context of overcoming life difficultes, and, for the first time, reveals the composite structure of these resources in individuals with a history of substance use in relation to their rehabilitation potential.