(2026) Science and education, 1, 9-16. Odessa.
Olha Bokovets,
PhD in Psychology,
Senior Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy,
National Technical University of Ukraine
“Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”,
prospect Beresteiskyi, 37, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6283-8971
Yuliia Hermash,
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences,
Associate Professor at the Department of Theory and Practice of Management,
National Technical University of Ukraine
“Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”,
prospect Beresteiskyi, 37, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2507
A RESOURCE-BASED MODEL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL READINESS OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITY RESIDENTS FOR CRISIS SITUATIONS
SUMMARY:
Ukrainian territorial communities currently function under conditions of war and prolonged crises, which intensify psychological strain and increase the need to strengthen psychological readiness for effective crisis response. This study aims to theoretically substantiate and develop a resource-based model of psychological readiness among territorial community residents. To achieve this goal, we conducted a theoretical analysis of research on psychological readiness and crisis response. We conceptualize psychological readiness as an integrative socio-psychological construct that emerges from the interaction of psychological and social resources and manifests in proactive and coordinated behavior under conditions of uncertainty. The proposed resource-based model conceptualizes psychological readiness as a two-level system integrating individual and collective dimensions. At the individual level, psychological readiness is supported by three groups of resources: cognitive resources (adequate risk perception, positive outcome expectations, self-efficacy, awareness, and critical information processing); emotional-regulatory resources (emotional intelligence, the ability to regulate anxiety and panic reactions, and stress resilience); behavioral resources (prior crisis response experience, volitional self-regulation, internal locus of control, and the ability to mobilize social support). At the collective level, readiness depends on community social resources, including social cohesion, collective efficacy, support networks, leadership capacity, trust in institutions, cooperation between residents and local authorities, practical preparedness, and information accessibility. Self-efficacy functions as the system-forming component of the model by integrating psychological and social resources and facilitating their transformation into proactive behavior. The proposed model can inform the design of programs aimed at enhancing community psychological readiness for crisis situations.
KEYWORDS:
psychological readiness, territorial community, psychological resources, social resources, resource-based model, self-efficacy, crisis situations, proactive behavior
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