DEVELOPMENT OF SUBMISSIONS ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

The article presents an analysis of ideas about the subject of health psychology. The dynamics of conceptual representations of the subject of the psychology of health from the set of norms of mental functioning to the psychological system of personal health protection is described. The development of health psychology is associated with the processes of specific categorization, integration, differentiation and system integration of the subject of research. In the context of the study of the dynamics of the subject of the study, the notions “norm of functioning”, “healthy personality”, “health-saving behavior and healthy lifestyle”, “personality health system” analyzed. The article describes in detail the models of a healthy personality in leading psychological schools. A critical analysis of the concept of “healthy personality” is given and its limitations for solving the problems of modern health psychology are shown. The modern concept of the subject of psychological studies of health is formulated, allowing into account the vectors of development of the discipline. The subject of health psychology is defined as an individual personality management system for its vital resources in order to master the sovereign living space in the continuum of life. This discourse sets a new quality of psychological studies of health from general methodological principles to specific topics.