Keyword: «emotional burnout»

The article presents the results of an empirical study of coping strategies among preschool educators and speech therapists in relation to psychological well-being. The study involved 80 women: 42 preschool educators and 38 speech therapists from correctional and combined preschool institutions in Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov Oblast. The diagnostic toolkit included the COPE inventory and the Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being. Educators with high psychological well-being showed a tendency toward problem-focused and cognitive coping, while those with low well-being predominantly exhibited avoidance, self-blame, and behavioral disengagement. Group comparisons revealed that speech therapists scored lower on psychological well-being and higher on maladaptive coping compared to preschool educators. The findings provide empirical grounds for developing differentiated psychological support programs aligned with the professional specificity of each occupational group.

The article examines the problem of professional exhaustion among support specialists through the analysis of stable personal attitudes acting as hidden psychological factors that reduce professional resilience. Based on an analysis of Russian studies in the fields of occupational psychology, professional health psychology, and personality psychology, it is argued that the development of professional exhaustion is determined not only by external stressful conditions of professional activity, but also by the specific features of the specialist’s internal personality organization. The study considers such personal attitudes as the tendency to rescue others, excessive responsibility, fear of professional mistakes, the need to confirm one’s own significance through the professional role, and the striving for flawlessness. The author presents a conceptual model of professional exhaustion development through a system of personal attitudes and proposes a classification of occupational risks associated with the specific features of personal functioning in support specialists. The practical significance of considering these factors in the prevention of professional deformation and emotional exhaustion is demonstrated.