Self-Determination as a Mechanism for Personality Sustainability in Conditions of Daily Stress

During the COVID-19 pandemic, uncertainty, threat to life, and repeated lockdowns have significantly undermined people’s psychological well-being. In such situations, basic needs for self-determination (SDT) are disrupted—autonomy, connectedness, competence—but it is resulting dissatisfaction that actualizes a search strategies cope with problem. The objective of this article critically review literature on various ways people coping specific experiences during pandemic their relationship maintain sustainability. We searched Web Science CC database relevant studies (2020–2021) systematization from standpoint Self-Determination Theory (SDT). This showed dynamics methods, reflecting transition confusion when confronted stress, selection effective strategies, confirming blocked long time, begin way satisfy them. present three levels grouped methods: (1) physiological, (2) behavioral, (3) cognitive, demonstrating interrelationship orientation (to oneself or context), assessment (a challenge), needs. proposed model opens up prospects creating training programs sustainable development individual in crisis situations.