Aim. To examine the relationships between the functionality of child-rearing of the family of origin, with regard to hypersensitivity, resilience traits, and three dimensions of adjustment at work: social capital at work, occupational stress, and burnout, and to generate a model of causal relationships between these variables. Method. A survey was conducted electronically using standardized measurement tools. The respondents were individuals with a minimum of 5 years of work experience and employed for more than 1 year at their current job. The sample ultimately consisted of 622 people. Hypothesis verification was performed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and path analysis. Results. The analyses led to the generation of a well-fitting structure of relationships between the variables of the model and the empirical data. In this structure, the status of exogenous variables was assigned to family functionality, emotional hypersensitivity, and aesthetic sensitivity. All these variables revealed significant relationships with the ability of positive adaptation (the resilience-trait). Positive adaptability appeared to be directly or indirectly related to dimensions of occupational adjustment. Conclusion. The study confirmed the status of the ability of positive adaptation (the resilience- trait) as a factor important for the formation in the ontogenesis of relative resistance to processes that disrupt self-regulation mechanisms, including the formation of a professional burnout syndrome.