Young age persons’ hardiness under the conditions of socially significant diseases’ syndemia

Relevance. It is known that in the modern world individuals constantly encounter various difficulties of a social, material, personal and interpersonal nature. Instability in the sphere of economy, politics and culture, the difficult epidemiological situation in the world associated with the spread, in particular, of a new coronavirus infection, have a direct impact on the physical, mental and moral state of the individual, and highly developed technologies, mobile communications accelerate the pace of life, making it information richer and at the same time emotionally intense. Under these conditions, the relevance of studying the issues of resilience is obvious, which, according to various sources, is a determining factor in maintaining health and improving the performance of an individual under any stressful conditions.
Intention − to assess the hardiness of young people in a conflict situation (the conditions of a syndemic of socially significant diseases) in order to optimize their medical and psychological support.
Methodology. An experimental psychological study was performed in 500 young people (men / group «M» – 305 people / 66.67 %; women / group «F» – 195 / 33.33 %; average age M = 20,49 ± 1,85, F = 19,24 ± 1,22 years, p < 0.05) according to the Brief version of the hardiness test, which is a Russian-language adaptation of the English-language questionnaire «Hardiness Survey» [Maddi S., 2006], performed by E.N. Osin and E.I. Rasskazova [Osin E.N., Rasskazova E.I., 2013].
Results and Discussion. It was shown that according to the F-test data, there was no significant difference between the indicators of general hardiness in groups «M» and «F» (F = 0,08 at p = 0,1), although this indicator is slightly higher in women. The greatest value in both groups has the parameter «Involvement» (interpreted as a person’s confidence in the possibility and importance of active participation in life events; this is essential in terms of conducting medical-psychological, preventive and other socially significant interventions), significantly higher in terms of compared with other indicators (p < 0.05).
Conclusion. The study noted that in young people (both men and women) in the current socioeconomic and epidemiological conditions, the main indicator of resilience is the «Involvement» parameter (as an internal setting of the person himself, which allows to reduce the effect of stressful influences; society in this case can serve as a support for resilience, helping and inspiring a person).

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