The Bulletin of National Defence University of Ukraine

In conditions of martial law, psychologists of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) experience increased professional stress, the course and consequences of which are significantly modified by gender-determined models of emotional regulation, professional socialisation, and expectations regarding roles and resilience. Gender determinants influence access to support resources, ways of coping with cumulative trauma, and risks of emotional exhaustion, which directly affect professional resilience and the effectiveness of psychological assistance. The aim of the study was to theoretically substantiate and systematise the gender factors of psychological well-being among psychologists of the SES, as well as to analyse the mechanisms of their influence on the professional functioning of specialists in conditions of martial law. The study used theoretical analysis and generalisation of scientific sources and a comparative-analytical method to compare approaches to studying gender aspects of well-being in the helping professions. It also uses structural-functional analysis and an integrative approach that combines the eudaimonic concept of well-being, the model of professional requirements and resources, and the theory of resource conservation. It is substantiated that the psychological well-being of psychologists of the SES is a dynamic, multidimensional process that is formed in the interaction of individual-personal, professional-operational and sociocultural factors. It is shown that gender is not a direct causal factor, but a contextual moderator of the relationship between professional requirements, resources, and psychological consequences of activity. A conceptual model was proposed, within which gender determinants are realised at the individual-personal, professional-operational and sociocultural levels, determining the specifics of emotional regulation, the nature of emotional labour and the availability of social support. The practical value of the study lies in the possibility of using the theoretical provisions obtained as a methodological basis for the development of differentiated, gender-sensitive programmes of psychological support and prevention of professional burnout among psychologists of the SES. The results can be applied in the system of psychological support, training and professional development of psychologists, as well as in further empirical studies of the problems of professional well-being of subjects of extreme activity

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