PERSONAL SECURITY: THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL ASPECT

In the article, the relevance of the study of the problem of personal safety is revealed, and the essence of the conflictological approach to its understanding is considered. The difficulties that occur in defining the very concept and structure of human safety, are analyzed. A comparative analysis of the basic concept of “personal safety” and related definitions of “safe personality behavior”, “safe personality type” is given, and the role of everyday and professional socio-psychological competence is discussed. The need for a deep theoretical analysis is emphasized, including that for the purpose of salvation of applied problems of effective provision of personal safety. The theory of personal safety is considered as an integral part of social safety psychology. There is still a lot to do both in theoretical and applied terms for its complete design. Currently, there is an urgent need to develop professional competence in various areas of security, not only among professionals, but also among various groups of the population.