АДАПТАЦИЯ ЖЕНЩИН К УСЛОВИЯМ АРМЕЙСКОЙ СРЕДЫ: ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКОЕ ОСМЫСЛЕНИЕ

Abstract

The relevance of the study is due to the need to reveal the content and characteristics of the adaptation of female military personnel to the conditions of the army environment. The purpose of the study is outlined: to determine the characteristics of adaptation and identify social problems of female military personnel to develop a program for their adaptation to the army environment. The study involved 156 military personnel, including 76 female military personnel aged 20 to 30 years and older in Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia. To diagnose the personal adaptive potential, we used the multilevel personality questionnaire of the MLO “Adaptability” by A.G. Maklakov and S.V. Chermyanin. To assess the influence of factors of the army environment on the adaptation of female military personnel, a questionnaire survey method was used, which was carried out anonymously, followed by a statistical analysis of the results. The problems of adaptation of female military personnel to the army environment, connected with gender competition, with the ability to withstand role overload, as well as serious intel-lectual, emotional and physical stress, are considered. It has been established that, being a subject of professional activity, female military personnel are guided by male role behavior, nevertheless, they are expected to have a weak professional and qualification growth. 6.7% of female military personnel showed signs of maladjustment disorders, there are such asthenic reactions as sleep deterioration, decreased appetite, high level of anxiety; expressed neuropsychic stress, aggressiveness, impulsive reactions, bouts of uncontrolled anger, deterioration of interpersonal contacts. The results of the study of the motives for choosing a profession, satisfaction with service in the army are given, the difficulties associated with adaptation to army life are described, the dynamics of the value orientations of female military personnel is revealed. It is noted that determining the level of adaptation of female military per-sonnel will make it possible to develop a program for harmonizing the components of the adaptive potential and implement it taking into account age, gender, ethnic, personal characteristics and the specifics of the army environment. It was found that motivational, regulatory and emotional characteristics in the structure of the adaptive potential can become the basis for adaptation to the army environment. The need for the development and implementation of programs for escorting female military personnel is indicated.