Paper addresses study of daily stress and personality resources that decrease stress tension. Sample: 334 adults (118 males and 216 females), aged 20 - 65. Methods: questionnaire on daily stress, perceived stress scale (PSS-10), 16 PF questionnaire by Cattell (factors C,O,Q3,Q4), self-actualization questionnaire SAMOAL, Dembo-Rubinshtein test, locus of control test by Rotter, Ways of coping by Lazarus, Folkman (Russian adaptation by T.L. Kryukova). Results showed the role of emotional stability, low levels of frustration and anxiety, behavioral self-control, internal locus of control in achievements and losses, positive self-concept and directedness for self-actualization in decrease of stress overstrain and decrease in stressors frequency.