Kutovyy K. Prognostics model of the individual's emotional stability assessment

Subject matter - the individual's emotional stability. Objective - theoretical substantiation and empirical verification of the possibility to extend the prognostic potential the computer-assisted model for predicting human emotional stability. The model has been designed at Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University at invention. Methods: theoretical (comparative and systems-oriented analysis and generalization of the research data, modeling); empirical (quasi-experiment, psychological testing); statistical methods of data processing: cluster analysis (K-means algorithm), mathematical criteria of defining the differences (t-test, Fisher's angular transformation); interpretative (analysis, synthesis, systematization of the obtained data). The research has reviled new diagnostics potentials of the "Method of predicting human emotional stability" by comparing the differences in responding to the failure threat of the participants with different dispositional traits of emotional stability vs. sensitivity to stress. The research has extended the prospects of using two different method of the implicit assessment of proneness to stress: by analyzing the efficacy of motor responses and oral speech characteristics. It was found that the individuals who successfully cope with failure threat appear to posses the stable personality disposition of emotional stability, problem-focused coping strategy and psychological well-being. The practical significance of the research findings is defined by providing the possibility of predicting emotional stability outside extreme conditions of professional activities. The sphere of practical applications of the results - psycho-diagnostics and training of practical psychologists.