Влияние представления о социальном пространстве на психологическую адаптацию к службе в органах внутренних дел

Abstract

The article studies police officers' perceptions of other people, analyzes the change in these perceptions during adaptation to service during on the period of training for the profession of "Policeman". The article described the influence of perceptions of social space on adaptation in officers first hired into the internal affairs service. In addition, the influence of this perception on the prospects of service in the police was studied. 
 The method of collecting information was a standardized self-report, studying the qualities and properties of the representation of the social space. The study involved 219 police officers. 
 As a result, it was found that at the beginning of professional training employees who plan to continue their service in police are characterized by a wider range of social interaction, which remains throughout the training. These employees feel support from different social groups. Employees who are not motivated to continue their professional activities in police have no changes in the representation of the properties of social interaction, but by the end of training there is an increase in the quality of interaction, consisting in the manifestation of a more responsible attitude to the close social environment. These employees perceive the social space as impeding and hindering further professional development. The analysis of qualities and properties of employees' social space in the future can contribute to the improvement of psychological work on adaptation of employees to the conditions of educational and service activity during the period of professional training.