STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONAL MODEL OF CREATIVITY AS A RESOURCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF SPECIALISTS IN TECHNICAL FIELDS (A CASE STUDY OF THE IT SECTOR)
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https://doi.org/10.34142/23129387.2026.74.04Keywords:
creativity, psychological well-being, specialists in technical fields, IT professionals, structural-functional model, personal resources, professional activityAbstract
Relevance of the study: the digital transformation of the professional environment and the growing innovation demands increase the psychological load on specialists in technical fields, particularly IT professionals. The complexity of professional tasks, multitasking, and the need for continuous updating of competencies intensify cognitive strain and raise the risk of decreased psychological well-being. Under such conditions, there is a need for a theoretical understanding of creativity as a personal resource for maintaining psychological well-being.
Purpose of the study: to provide a theoretical justification and conceptualization of creativity as a personal resource of psychological well-being among specialists in technical fields (with a focus on IT professionals), and to develop a structural-functional model reflecting the interrelations between the structural components of creativity and indicators of psychological well-being.
Research methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific sources; comparative analysis of contemporary approaches; structural-functional analysis; theoretical modeling for the development of the author’s model.
Research results: a structural-functional model of creativity as a resource of psychological well-being among specialists in technical fields (with a focus on IT professionals) has been developed, including structural (cognitive, personal, motivational-meaningful) and functional (adaptive, regulatory, buffering, meaning-making) dimensions. It is substantiated that cognitive flexibility determines the interpretation of complex professional situations, expands variability of solutions, and influences emotional responses; personal characteristics ensure psychological stability under conditions of uncertainty and support autonomy; intrinsic motivation and meaningful engagement contribute to sustained professional activity. It is shown that the realization of adaptive, regulatory, and buffering functions of creativity reduces the impact of stress factors and supports psychological well-being by strengthening the sense of competence, professional efficacy, and subjective significance of activity.
Conclusions: creativity among specialists in technical fields functions as an integrative personal resource of psychological well-being, realized through the interaction of cognitive, personal, and motivational-meaningful components. The coordinated functioning of these elements ensures adaptation to complex professional demands, supports engagement, and maintains emotional stability. The proposed structural-functional model provides a theoretical foundation for further empirical verification of the role of creativity in sustaining the psychological well-being of IT professionals.
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