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Introduction Dysfunctional breathing is experienced as "difficulty in inhaling" and is similar to the symptoms of COVID-19 (Taverne et al., 2021; Gavriatopoulou et al., 2020), which justifies the relevance of studying this phenomenon in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective To identifiy a relationship between self-management styles and the severity of dysfunctional breathing in the uninfected COVID-19 population of Russia. Methods The author used the socio-demographic questionnaire, the Nijmegen Questionnaire (NQ) (Van Dixhoorn, Duivenvoordent, 1985) and J. Kuhl’s And A. Fuhrman’s Self-Government Test (Kool, Furman, 1998; Kul, Kvirin, Kool, 2020). The study was conducted online from April 27 to December 28, 2020. It was attended by 1,362 people from all regions of Russia, including 1,153 women and 209 men aged 15 to 88 years (38.3 ±11.4). Results The components are Self-regulation (r = -0.454, p = 0.000) and Self-Control (r =-0.197, p=0.000). There is also a component of Will Development (r=-0,297, p = 0,000) and Sensitivity to oneself (r=-0,480, p=0,000). It is important to note that dysfunctional breathing has a strong positive correlation with the component of life stress experiencing (=0.335, p=0.000). At the same time, the components of Self-regulation and Self-sensitivity have large correlation coefficients, which indicates their greater role. Conclusion Thus, people with low self-regulation and self-control, as well as with less expressed will and low sensitivity to themselves, are more likely to have dysfunctional breathing and a more pronounced experience of life stress in a pandemic. The described components of self-management can be used as "targets" for individualized psychotherapy of persons with dysfunctional breathing in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Disclosure of information: The study was carried out with the support of the Russian Science Foundation, project No. 21-18-00624.