Personal Security Scenarios of Subject of Conflict Interaction

Objective. Establishing the potential of reflexive image of personal security by subjects in the construction of scenarios of their conflict interaction.Background. The preservation and dissemination of the psychological practice of conflict interaction require further research aimed at improving the understanding of the factors of its occurrence and dynamic development. The authors of the article link their work in this direction with the introduction of the category of personal security into the research space of conflictology. The corresponding phenomenon, falling into the basic layers of the human need sphere, acquires a controlling status for its activity, including that in the form of conflict interaction.Study design. The paper demonstrates the possibility of constructing scenarios of personal security of subjects of conflict interaction and identifying their differences depending on the content of reflection. Procedures for comparing the quantitative distribution of different types of security scenarios were performed using the criterion φ* (Fisher’s angular transformation).Participants. Russian sample: 250 people (52.0% of girls and 48.0% of boys) aged 18 to 21 years (M=19.6, SD=19.5).Measurements. The main methods were the analysis of products and expert evaluation, the additional method was the clarifying conversation.Results. The reflection on personal security affects the quantitative and qualitative features of the interaction of conflict subjects. The scope and target pole of personal security are private parameters of reflection by subjects of conflict interaction and determine the scenario of its construction.Conclusions. The construction of scenarios of conflict interaction, taking into account the peculiarities of personal security reflection by its subjects, gives a new vision of the processes of initiation, planning, development and termination of the conflict. Scenarios of conflict interaction reveal the resource priorities of the subjects involved in it as a productive zone for applying efforts in the interests of overcoming it.