TYLES AND STRATEGIES OF COUPING BEHAVIOR OF STUDENT-ATHLETES IN CONDITIONS OF UNCERTAINTY

Abstract

The article actualizes the problem of uncertainty as an immanent characteristic of the modern reality, which confronts a person with the need to determine his attitude towards it and master effective strategies for coping with situations of uncertainty, both in activities leading to a specific age period, and in other types of activities that correspond to the hobbies and abilities of students. The essential characteristics of uncertainty are revealed, its ambivalent influence on a person is noted. The concepts of “coping style” and “strategies of coping” with uncertainty are differentiated. The empirically identified invariant and variable style characteristics of coping with uncertainty in boys and girls are described, taking into account the parameter “professional participation in sports.” The preferred strategies for coping with uncertainty by female athletes and male athletes with intolerance/tolerance to uncertainty and interpersonal intolerance to uncertainty are revealed. The names of the styles of coping with uncertainty noted among student-athletes are formulated, taking into account the studied variables.