FEATURES OF PROFESSIONAL SELF-REGULATION OF MILITARY PERSONNEL WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PRONE TO DESTRUCTIVE RISK

Abstract

The article presents the results of a theoretical and empirical study of the characteristics of self-regulation among military personnel in the current conditions of martial law, taking into account their level of susceptibility to destructive risk. The relevance of the study is determined by the increase in psycho-emotional stress, the prolonged stay of military personnel in stressful and extreme conditions, as well as the need to maintain the proper moral and psychological state and professional efficiency of personnel. It is substantiated that self-regulation of mental states and behavior is a key psychological resource for adaptation to combat experience, which ensures control of emotional reactions, mobilization of mental activity, and resistance to combat stress factors. An empirical study was conducted on a sample of 206 male military personnel aged 25 to 45 using an express method for diagnosing destructive forms of risk and a method for determining the characteristics of professional self-regulation in military personnel.
The results of the study reveal a correlation between the propensity for destructive risk and the level of self-regulation of military personnel. Military personnel with a low level of propensity for destructive risk are characterized by more developed mechanisms of professional self-regulation, internal motivation, adequate professional self-esteem, and higher effectiveness of interaction within the unit. In contrast, military personnel with a high level of destructive risk were found to have deficits in self-regulation, a predominance of externally driven motivation, and an increased likelihood of risky behavior. The results obtained can be used in psychological support, destructive risk prevention, and increasing the psychological readiness of military personnel to perform combat duties. Therefore, destructive risk is an indicator of desynchronization of regulatory and motivational components, which requires the implementation of programs for the development of subjective self-regulation in the system of psychological support for personnel.