Readiness and ability of a person to overcome stressful situations in any professional activity is particularly relevant for sports. The dynamics of negative states (anxiety, aggression) and hardiness in athletes in different periods of athletic activity (between competitions, 2-3 days before the competition, during the competition, and 2-3 days after them) was studied. The sample involved 56 athletes of both sexes aged 18-30 years (engaged in boxing, judo and combat sambo), and qualified as Master of Sports and Master of Sports of International Class. It is shown that before the competition there is an increase in aggressiveness, anxiety, and hardiness. Hardiness correlates directly with the negative emotional states. The highest indicators of aggressiveness, anxiety and hardiness are reached during the competition, when destructive and constructive aggression and constructive anxiety become dominant. After the competition, aggressiveness, anxiety and hardiness decrease, and the correlation between negative emotional states and hardiness is reversed. Thus, psychic tension during the competition is supported by negative states (aggressiveness, anger, anxiety), which are considered by Authors as the factors that activate the release of reserve energy and participation in mobilization of efficiency. After the competition, on the contrary, the decrease in negative states results in the decrease in hardiness intensity.
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