نبذة مختصرة : The article highlights and substantiates the factors of choosing coping strategies to overcome acute stress by combatants. The concept of combat stress is defined, and an understanding of the combat stress reaction is provided. The term “coping strategy” is explored, defined as a form or method of coping behavior aimed at regulating an individual’s relationship with the environment. It manifests itself at cognitive, emotional, and behavioral levels to reduce the impact of stressors or their consequences. The article presents the consequences of choosing adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies, emphasizing the importance of adaptive coping for military personnel in extreme situations. The coping process is examined through transactional and resource approaches. The transactional model of stress and coping emphasizes cognitive appraisal of stressors and coping resources. A generalized classification of combat stressors is provided, highlighting the influence of cognitive stressors on military personnel. The threat to life and health is identified as a key stressor in combat conditions. In life-threatening situations, the unconscious is determined to be an influential factor in cognitive assessment and the choice of a coping strategy. Considering the number and specificity of combat stressors, the features of experiencing acute stress by combatants are characterized. The impact of combat stressors on physiological, unconscious, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral levels of personality functioning is revealed. Experiencing acute stress is identified as an influential factor in the formation of cognitive appraisal and the choice of coping strategies for combatants. The resource approach considers the influence of personal traits and the external environment on combatants’ choice of coping strategies to overcome acute stress. Research analysis indicates that personal characteristics and the external environment can play three roles: as a coping resource ensuring successful coping; as a potential resource; as an ...
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