Study of person’s resilience at the period of post-penitentiary rehabilitation as a socio-psychological problem
The problem of study of resilience of released prisoners in rehabilitation centers is considered in the article. Topical issues related to the search of psychological means of post- penitentiary support of ex-prisoners are stated. The fact of negative consequences of serving criminal penalties resulting in reducing of person’s resilience and contributing to person’s marginalization and stigmatization on modern world is marked. The attempt to understand changes in psychological states related to replacement of life environment is made. Tasks that will help ex-prisoner to form optimal level of efficiency and activity in changing life conditions are defined. The attention to necessity of studying of resilience as a significant person’s resource that will facilitate the overcoming of difficult life situations is paid. Correlation between the level of psychological preparedness for life after the release and overcoming of objective and subjective obstacles is observed, which would become a characteristic of person’s resilience. The attention is paid to development of a number of directions of post-penitentiary involving establishing of nongovernmental organization, associations, funds whose task is to render complex assistance to released prisoners. It is stated that a great number of charitable rehabilitation centers with psychological support for ex-prisoners have appeared recently. These centers perform a number of social functions aimed at increasing of resilience which is a necessary person’s resource at the period of post-penitentiary rehabilitation. The importance of studying of person’s resilience at the period of post-penitentiary rehabilitation in the context of building of own life path and solving of social life situations is confirmed. Further activities aimed at solving of theoretical and practical research tasks have been proposed.