TY - JOUR TI - Psychophysiological and socio-psychological features of subjects of extreme activity with an optimal level of resilience depending on professional experience T2 - Organizational Psychology IS - Organizational Psychology KW - professional experience KW - optimal level of resilience KW - socio-psychological characteristics KW - psychophysiological status AB - Maintaining the resilience of a specialist of subjects of professional activity is of great importance at any time, in any socio-economic situation and in any profession. This issue is especially relevant for specialists in extreme professions, when people’s lives depend on their effectiveness, coherence, and efficiency. Purpose. The authors present the results of an empirical study aimed at identifying the psychophysiological and socio-psychological characteristics of subjects of extreme activity with an optimal level of resilience depending on professional experience. Design. The study involved 268 specialists with an optimal level of resilience. The following tests were used: Author’s socio-psychological survey, The diagnosis of interpersonal relationships (DMO) by L. Sobchik, The testf or accentuated personality characteristics by K. Leonhard — H. Schmieschek, The brief personality multifactorial questionnaire (SMOL) by V. P. Zaitsev, the simple visual-motor reaction test (PMR). Methods of mathematical statistical data analysis included the calculation of a nonparametric statistical criterion for independent samples (the Kruskal — Wallis H-test and the Mann — Whitney U-test) and the calculation of the Spearman correlation coefficient. Findings. It was found that theformation of a professional occurs by 10-15 years of service and professional activity. The experience of professional activity does not affect the individual characteristics of subjects of extreme activitywith an optimal level of resilience. Interpersonal interaction in the process of acquiring professional experience is transformed along the trajectory from congruent relationships to a combined type of communication. The psychophysiological status of extreme profession’s specialists with an optimal level of resilience and with more than 20 years of professional experience meets the requirements of the profession due to the professionalism achieved. Value of the results. Professional activity, whichincludes an extreme component at the content level, is a special type of activity with the presentation of increased physical, psychological and psychophysiological requirements for a person, the consideration of which contributes to the successful performance of service and work tasks and the prevention of psychosomatic, psycho-vegetative and pathological changes in the subject of activity. AU - Svetlana Kotovskaya AU - Alexander Makhnach UR - https://orgpsyjournal.hse.ru/en/2023-13-4/898931102.html PY - 2023 SP - 9-35 VL - 13