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NERVOUS-PSYCHIC STABILITY AS A PREREQUISITE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL’S READINESS TO SPECIAL PHYSICAL-COMBAT TRAINING

Author:
D. O. Aleksandrov, Doctor of Psychology, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Social Work,
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
ORCID: 0000-0002-9307-2585
E-mail: denisaleks73@gmail.com

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/upj.2020.1(13).1

Article Information
Issue: 1(13) 2020, pages: 9-29
Language: Ukrainian
Received: 08.01.2020
1 st Revision: 21.01.2020
Accepted: 27.01.2020

Abstract

The article presents the results of the author’s empirical study of nervous-psychological stability as a prerequisite for the military personnel’s readiness for special physical-combat training. Military personnel’s personal factors that determine the formation of their nervous-psychological stability and psychological readiness for service-combat and service-training activities are described. The study included a psychological diagnostic study of military personnel in the course of their special physical-combat training. We determined that the increase in the overall level of service members adaptability, their emotional stability and self-control, insistence and determination within the normative behaviour limits, and courage and willingness to accept a justified risk is in line with the growth of their nervous-psychic stability, as a prerequisite of readiness to special physical-combat training. As for interpersonal interaction, extraversion, trust, easiness, high self-control, practicality, certain conformity and willingness to adhere to discipline and subordination become really important, which indicate the improved professional communicative skills with experience and development of mental and physical stability and professional adaptability, in general. In addition, the system of attitudes towards oneself is harmonized in a general and confidence in one's own potential becomes deeper.
Thus, nervous-psychic stability, as one of the leading professionally significant qualities in the structure of a service member’s personality, influence directly psychological readiness for both service-combat and service-training activities, which is realized in the process of special physical-combat training. This help improve the tools of professional and psychological selection and can become the basis for military personnel staffing with people having necessary potential for the effective performance of their duties and professional growth.
Key words: special physical combat training, neuro-psychological stability, psychological readiness, personality of the serviceman, individual-psychological qualities, service-training and service-combat activity.

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