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The scientists have for decades mostly been focusud only on researching those aspects of stress phenomenon, which are closely connected with the psychopathological aspects: various negative consequences of stress on physical and mental health. After the positive psychology has emerged, the focus of attention has moved to the so called coping resources. These resoureces are the human, social and material capital used in order to achieve a healthy adaptation to the stressful life circumstances. In this paper it has been given an overview of the theoretical knowledge of the most researched coping resources. There have been described the protective factors like the internal locus of control, hardy personality, dispositional optimism, the sence of coherence and the social support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]