STRESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROTECTION

Abstract

This article discusses a topic that is relevant today - the concepts of stress and psychological defense mechanisms. To help people in a state of anxiety, fear, anxiety. This is exactly the kind of help that can be provided by psychological protection as a special form of coping behavior. The author pays attention to such issues as: the structure of psychological defense, its main mechanisms and functions, the relationship between psychological defense and personality, the formation of psychological defense, the role and place of psychological defense in professional activity.