The results of the scientific and practical workshop «The Problem of Adaptability of Personality Readiness», conducted on the basis of the Saratov State University, were summed up. N. G. Chernyshevsky April 20, 2017.
We present a study of social perceptions of stress. The empirical base of the study was 80 people. Social perseptions of stress have been studied with the help of author questionnaires, the main method of study was content analysis. The study found out that the understanding and preception of stress is ambivalent. Priority social perceptions of stress are such categories as 'experiences' and 'emotional excitement'.