Personal Adaptive Potential Research Articles

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERSONAL ADAPTIVE POTENTIAL OF ADOLESCENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS

The relevance of the study on the personal adaptive potential of adolescents with visual impairments is due to insufficient understanding of the characteristics, structure and conditions that form the adaptive potential of adolescents with visual impairments. 48 adolescents (24 subjects with visual impairments), aged 15 to 16, took part in the empirical study. The study was carried out using a set of psychodiagnostic techniques: the Test of Personal Adjustment by C. Rogers and R. Diamond adapted by M. Prikhozhan as a method of diagnosing socio-psychological adaptation; multilevel personality questionnaire “Adaptability” (A. Maklakov, S. Chermyanin); personal differential technique in the adaptation of employees of the Bekhterev Psychoneurological Institute. The analysis of the data obtained showed that, despite the positive characteristics of the personal adaptive potential in adolescents with visual impairments, the subjects often do not have the necessary skills to effectively use this potential in social interactions.

Using methods of self-regulation of stressful states as a means of increasing psycho-emotional stability of high school pupils in the process of physical education

The problem of increasing the psycho-emotional resilience of children and youth is one of the most pressing today, as almost every child in Ukraine faces increased stress in the context of war. The authors of the article interpret psycho-emotional resilience of high school pupils as an integrative quality of personality, the level of which is characterized by personal adaptive potential, which is manifested in the effectiveness of the individual, consistency and purposefulness of behavior in difficult emotionally stressful conditions. The purpose of the presented study is to theoretically substantiate the feasibility of creating and experimentally confirm the effectiveness of the author's program for improving the psycho-emotional stability of high school pupils using self-regulation methods in the process of physical education. The basis of the author's program for improving the psycho-emotional stability of high school pupils using self-regulation methods in the process of physical education is the World Health Organization definition of health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being; the conclusions of H. Selye research on the process of adaptation to the influence of stress; R. Lazarus on the close relationship between physical stress associated with exposure to a real physical stimulus and psychological (emotional) stress associated with a person's assessment of a future situation as threatening; M. Mantzios, & K.Giannou, which indicate that motivation, preferences and readiness for activity have a great influence on the achievement of results in the process of forming psycho-emotional resilience, mechanisms of self-regulation and the peculiarities of their manifestation in human behavior, as well as the knowledge and experience of the program developers and the results of research obtained at the ascertaining stage of the experiment. The author's program of improving psycho-emotional resilience of high school pupils by methods of self-regulation in the process of physical education includes the most common methods of self-regulation: physical exercises (including yoga, tai chi and qigong); self-massage; acupressure and kinesiological techniques; breathing exercises; relaxation and concentration exercises; meditation; expressive therapy, in particular dance- movement therapy. The effectiveness of the author's program for improving the psycho-emotional stability of senior pupils using self-regulation methods in the process of physical education has been confirmed experimentally

Work motivation and personal adaptation potential of specialists in the real estate field

Work motivation and personal adaptation potential of specialists in the real estate field

ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ АДАПТАЦИИ ОРГАНИЗМА ЗДОРОВОГО ЧЕЛОВЕКА К МОДЕЛИРУЕМЫМ ФАКТОРАМ КОСМИЧЕСКОГО ПОЛЕТА В ЭКСПЕРИМЕНТЕ С 21-СУТОЧНОЙ «СУХОЙ» ИММЕРСИЕЙ

The 21-d dry immersion study with participation of 8 male volunteers at the age of 25 to 33 years included investigations of the psychological aspects of adaptation to simulated spaceflight factors. Psychological testing 14 days prior to DI and on day 21 of the study was performed using the multilevel adaptivity inventory (А.G. Maklakova and S.V. Chermianina), the inventory of mental activity, interests, affective tone, strain and comfort (L.A. Kurgansky and Т.А. Nemchina), well-being in extreme conditions inventory (А. Volkova and N.E. Vodopianova) and situation-adaptable subjective vitality scale (R. Rayan and S. Frederick, apecialized by L.A. Aleksandrova). Participants in the study adapted successfully to the conditions as could be deduced from stability of their personal adaptation potential. At the end of the study the participants were noted to be more neurotic, demonstrated symptoms of autonomic regulation imbalance, disorders in the sleep wakefulness cycles, psychological discomfort and reduction of the energy potential. These changes witnessed to a moderate stress reaction to the DI conditions.

A Dynamic Model of Personal Adaptive Potential in the Conditions of Media Ecosystem

Relevance. The modern stage of information and communication technology development is attracting more and more researchers’ attention to the problem of risk causing factors that arise during the process of digitalization and mediatization. The category of adaptive potential that is used in various fields of socio-humanitarian knowledge appears to be an adequate conceptual instrument for media ecosystem risk problematization. However, in the framework of humanitarian and scientific digitalization discourse this concept is underdeveloped, and this fact determines the relevance of the theoretical construction(model) of personal adaptive potential in the conditions of media ecosystem, as well as the promising directions of its application.The purpose of the article is theoretical substantiation and construction of a dynamic model of an individual's adaptive potential to the risks of the media ecosystem.Objectives: to reveal the theoretical and methodological foundations of personal adaptive potential conceptualization in the conditions of media ecosystem; to specify the contents of adaptive potential levels; to describe adaptive potential dynamic interrelations with the corresponding parameters of the media ecosystem.Methodology. In the article sociological theories that focus on the socio-constructionist nature of modern technologies (actor-network theory, social construction of technology theory) are applied; as well as a number of basic general scientific methods (inductive and deductive methods, structural and functional approach). Special attention is paid to the methods of analogy and modeling, which made it possible to create a dynamic model of the adaptive potential of the individual in the media ecosystem and to lay the foundations for further operationalization of this category.Results. Basing on the results of the theoretical sources study, the author has constructed a dynamic model of personal adaptive potential. The article describes the value, dispositional and practical levels of adaptive potential, as well as their relationship with the corresponding parameters of the media ecosystem (institutional norms and habituses, patterns, affordances).Conclusions. The dynamic model constructed can be used as a methodological basis for theoretical and applied research. A promising direction is further operationalization and empirical verification of the model presented, as well as explication of adaptive potential structural elements.

Моделирование технологии развития социального интеллекта студентов

We present a model of the author's technology for development of students' social intelligence, which is based on the ideas of national and foreign scientists on emotional flexibility, emotional intelligence and adaptive abilities of the individual. It is suggested that students can achieve successful social and psychological adaptation on the basis of relation between social intelligence and the ability to understand and manage one's emotions and formed empathy. 153 students took part in the study. Most of them have average and low indicators of emotional intelligence, which indicates an insufficient formation of personal qualities that affect self-motivation to any activity, as well as the ability to recognize emotions of other people. This circumstance significantly complicates intra-group communication processes in the student environment. A high correlation was found between empathy and emotional intelligence, adaptive potential and penetrating abilities in empathy. On the basis of conducted empirical research we have proposed a model technology for the formation of students' social intelligence, which includes four main components (empathy, emotional intelligence, personal adaptive potential and communicative abilities) and five additional ones (identification of emotions, verbal and nonverbal communication, moral normativity, self-motivation and self-regulation).

The influence of the functioning of the components of personal adaptation potential on its assertiveness in the process of social readaptation

У статті розкрито вплив функціонування складових адаптаційного потенціалу особистості на її асертивність в процесі соціальної реадаптації.Показано, що процес повторного включення особистості в суспільний контекст передбачає формування у неї компенсаторних соціальних навичок. Зокрема, у зрілому віці необхідність такого процесу реадаптації виникає у тому разі, коли відбувається різка зміна умов життя: після повернення з місць позбавлення волі, після участі у збройних конфліктах, звільнення у запас або у відставку, після позбавлення узалежнення від психотропних речовин. Вплив цих змін часто перевищує наявний адаптаційний потенціал особистості, що призводить до різноманітних порушень в її соціальній сфері, виникнення нервово-психічних та психосоматичних розладів, девіантної поведінки. Підвищення адаптаційного потенціалу особистості є основним чинником процесу соціальної реадаптації. Переосмислення поняття адаптаційного потенціалу особистості дозволяє представити його як інтегральне утворення, яке об'єднує інтраперсональні складові адаптаційного потенціалу (соціально-психологічні та індивідуально-типологічні властивості і якості), що актуалізуються особою для створення і реалізації нових програм поведінки в змінених умовах життєдіяльності, та інтерперсональні складові (особливості соціальної підтримки та соціальної інтеграції). Критерії зниження адаптаційного потенціалу осіб зрілого віку включають такі показники інтраперсональних складових: неадекватність самооцінки, незбалансованість локусу контролю, підвищену агресивність, фрустраційну напруженість, емоційну нестійкість, перевагу егозахисного типу реакцій на ситуацію фрустрації у поєднанні з екстрапунітивною спрямованістю, дезінтеграцію між потребою в досягненні головних життєвих цінностей та можливістю їх досягнення в реальності, перевагу уникаючої мотивації, наявність акцентуацій або психопатії. Показниками інтерперсональних складових, які знижують адаптаційний потенціал особистості є: недостатність психологічної (емоційної, когнітивної)та інструментальної підтримки, обмежена соціальна мережа підтримки, низький рівень соціальної інтеграції. Показники цих критеріїв дозволяють виокремити рівні адаптаційного потенціалу осіб зрілого віку з різним ступенем соціальної адаптації. На основі отриманих емпіричних даних, визначених критеріїв та рівнів адаптаційного потенціалу у відповідності з теоретичною моделлю реадаптації особистості, було побудовано систему соціальної реадаптації особистості зрілого віку. Результати апробації зазначеної системи показали високий рівень валідності попередньо розроблених діагностичних процедур та ефективність застосованих методів формувального впливу щодо підвищення адаптаційного потенціалу особистості зрілого віку. Ключові слова: особистість, адаптаційний потенціал, соціальна реадаптація, асертивність, соціально-психологічна допомога.

Mathematical model for forecasting the desadaptation of military personnel of the navy according to the results of psychological testing: retrospective study

INTRODUCTION: Disadaptation to the conditions of military service is manifested in young recruits in the first 1– 2 months of service, in graduates of training military units — within 2–4 weeks after arrival, and in contract military personnel — during the first three months of service. The effectiveness of the prevention of these risks primarily depends on the quality of the study of military personnel, the adoption of the necessary measures for the early identification of persons with unstable mentality, deviations in physical development and mental health.OBJECTIVE: to develop a mathematical model for predicting the maladjustment of the military personnel of the navy.MATERIALS AND METHODS: 307 men, conscripts aged 18–23 years old in the joint training center of the Navy were examined. 14 of them with objective signs of maladjustment. The following methods were used: a questionnaire of volitional self-control, a technique for diagnosing a dominant mental state, a test «Communicative and organizational inclinations», a brief orientation test, a multifactorial personality questionnaire «Adaptiveness», a questionnaire for character traits of an adult, a test for determining a tendency to deviant behavior, a test «Forecast-2».RESULTS: When performing discriminant analysis using the «forward step by step» method, a highly informative model was obtained: Lambda Wilks: 0.82590 approx. F(7.299)=9.0041 p<0.0001. Linear classification function «Norm»=–47.1631+2.6336׫Personal adaptive potential»+1.1769׫Self-control»+2.3582׫Tendency to overcome norms and rules»+0.1035׫Behavioral regulation»+0.6821׫Social desirability»–0.1497׫Emotional stability»+7.8663׫Number of solved intelligence tasks». Linear classification function «Disadaptation»=–44.6142+1.6254׫Personal adaptive potential»+0.5151׫Self-control»+1.9143׫Tendency to overcome norms and rules»+0.5895׫Behavioral regulation+0.1439׫Social Desirability»+0.1439׫Emotional Stability»+8.5341׫Number of Solved Intelligence Tasks». DISCUSSION: Predictors of maladjustment in the navy is a combination of indicators: personal adaptive potential and behavioral regulation of the Adaptability method, the self-control subscale of the volitional self-control questionnaire, the indicator of the propensity to overcome the norms and rules of the test for determining the propensity for deviant behavior, the scale of emotional stability and the scale of orientation toward social the desirability of a methodology for diagnosing a dominant mental state, the number of completed tasks of a short orientation test. >< 0.0001. Linear classification function «Norm»=–47.1631+2.6336׫Personal adaptive potential»+1.1769׫Self-control»+2.3582׫Tendency to overcome norms and rules»+0.1035׫Behavioral regulation»+0.6821׫Social desirability»–0.1497׫Emotional stability»+7.8663׫Number of solved intelligence tasks». Linear classification function «Disadaptation»=–44.6142+1.6254׫Personal adaptive potential»+0.5151׫Self-control»+1.9143׫Tendency to overcome norms and rules»+0.5895׫Behavioral regulation+0.1439׫Social Desirability»+0.1439׫Emotional Stability»+8.5341׫Number of Solved Intelligence Tasks».DISCUSSION: Predictors of maladjustment in the navy is a combination of indicators: personal adaptive potential and behavioral regulation of the Adaptability method, the self-control subscale of the volitional self-control questionnaire, the indicator of the propensity to overcome the norms and rules of the test for determining the propensity for deviant behavior, the scale of emotional stability and the scale of orientation toward social the desirability of a methodology for diagnosing a dominant mental state, the number of completed tasks of a short orientation test.CONCLUSION: The developed mathematical model for predicting maladjustment of military personnel of the navy is expedient to use when conducting medical and psychological support for conscripts.

Determinants of adaptive behavior of a master's student of psychological and pedagogical education as a subject of scientific reflection

The article reveals the current views of the professional community on adaptive behavior, the ideas of transition to the development of a relatively stable personality structure of a master's student of psychological and pedagogical education. The data were obtained using the methods of psychological diagnostics: a multi-level personal questionnaire (MLO) "Adaptability", the questionnaire " SOP-2 "(Tendency to deviant behavior), the method "Depersonalization by professional systems", the analysis of educational activities with a focus on the method of cases, social assessments, individual conversations. Considering the current state, problems and diagnostic assessments, it can be reached the logical conclusion that the determinants of the formation and development of adaptive behavior are the dialectical laws of the development of matter, and the totality of indicators of individual personal adaptive potential, the tendency to deviate behavior, life satisfaction and educational effectiveness will determine the level of the studied behavior.

Specificity and dynamics of psychological adaptation during the COVID-19 pandemic

BACKGROUND. The relevance is due to the negative consequences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic for individuals and for society as a whole, covering almost all aspects of life at the macro and individual levels, and the lack of detailed studies of the psychological state of the population.
 AIM. Study of the specifics and dynamics of psychological adaptation in subjects during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 MATERIAL AND METHODS. Method of studying personality accentuations of K. Leonhard (modified by S. Shmishek); diagnostics of the state of aggression (Bass-Darkey questionnaire), multilevel personality questionnaire Adaptiveness by A.G. Maklakov and S.V. Chermyanin, test-questionnaire Health, activity, mood, clinical questionnaire for the detection and evaluation of neurotic conditions (Yakhin K.K., Mendelevich D.M.). Statistical analysis of the data was performed using Spearmans rank correlation coefficient, Students t-test for independent samples, and Students t-test for dependent samples. The study involved 51 people 16% are men and 84% are women, who were selected by a random continuous method, whose average age is 21.31.87 years. The study was carried out in 2 stages. The first stage: the end of April 2020 21 days after the start of voluntary self-isolation; second stage: end of September beginning of November 2020.
 RESULTS. The subjects were found to have such character accentuations as exaltation 94%, hyperthymism 88%, emotivity 86%, low level of personal adaptive potential (2.11.43), neurotic depression prevailed 43%, obsessive-phobic disorders 33%, conversion disorders 27%. The expression of aggression was carried out mainly through verbal aggression (6.352.43), guilt (5.591.72) and irritation (5.371.92).
 CONCLUSION. The subjects have a low level of personal adaptive potential, which increased with the end of self-isolation, accompanied by a gradual acceptance of what is happening, stabilization of the growth in the number of sick and dead, news about the development of measures to combat the spread of the virus, methods of treatment and prevention.

Индивидуально-психологические особенности курсантов, обучающихся по образовательной программе среднего профессионального образования, определяющие успешность их обучения в военно-учебном заведении

The article discusses how personal qualities of cadets on the programmes of secondary vocational military education correlate with training outcomes. The paper outlines the importance of training mid-level professionals (ensigns) for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Research in psychology and pedagogy most commonly focuses on cadets on university degree programmes (future officers). However, there is a dearth of psychological studies exploring how personal qualities of cadets receiving secondary vocational education impact training in a military school. The purpose of the article is to identify differences in the quality of cognitive processes (attention, memory, thinking, imagination, etc.) between “successful” and “less successful” students of military schools. It also aims to reveal the relationship between personal qualities of cadets (behavioral regulation, communicative potential, moral normativity, personal adaptive potential) and the results of training. The analysis is based on the data obtained during the psychological examination of applicants as part of the professional psychological selection to a military educational institution. The analysis identified differences in the level of general intellectual development (namely, cognitive processes: attention, memory, thinking, imagination, etc.) and personal qualities (communicative abilities, moral normativity, etc.) of cadets. These were compared with the results of their training at the end of the first year of a secondary military vocational education programme. The article explains which scores (the results of training) determine academically “successful” and “less successful” cadets. The success of training is assessed by the two following criteria: progress in academic disciplines; achievements in military service, sports, R&D, amateur art work, etc. This allows to identify exactly which individual psychological qualities have a higher impact on the effectiveness of academic performance and other activities of cadets during their studies. As a result, statistically significant differences between “successful” and “less successful” cadets were revealed in their level of memory, thinking, imagination, communication skills, moral normativity, and ability to adapt. The article provides recommendations for experts in professional psychological selection, teachers, commanders and psychologists on taking into account personal qualities of cadets during the selection and training of cadets at a military education institution.

Structural-level analysis of personal adaptation potential

У статті проведено структурно-рівневий аналіз адаптаційного потенціалу особистості. Показано, що переосмислення поняття адаптаційного потенціалу особистості дозволяє представити його як інтегральне утворення, яке об'єднує інтраперсональні складові адаптаційного потенціалу (соціально-психологічні та індивідуально-типологічні властивості і якості), що актуалізуються особою для створення і реалізації нових програм поведінки в змінених умовах життєдіяльності, та інтерперсональні складові (особливості соціальної підтримки та соціальної інтеграції). Критерії зниження адаптаційного потенціалу особистості включають такі показники інтраперсональних складових: неадекватність самооцінки, незбалансованість локусу контролю, підвищену агресивність, фрустраційну напруженість, емоційну нестійкість, перевагу егозахисного типу реакцій на ситуацію фрустрації у поєднанні з екстрапунітивною спрямованістю, дезінтеграцію між потребою в досягненні головних життєвих цінностей та можливістю їх досягнення в реальності, перевагу уникаючої мотивації, наявність акцентуацій або психопатії. Показниками інтерперсональних складових, які знижують адаптаційний потенціал особистості є: недостатність психологічної (емоційної, когнітивної)та інструментальної підтримки, обмежена соціальна мережа підтримки, низький рівень соціальної інтеграції. Показники цих критеріїв дозволяють виокремити рівні адаптаційного потенціалу осіб зрілого віку з різним ступенем соціальної адаптації. Ключові слова: особистість, адаптаційний потенціал, критерії зниження адаптаційного потенціалу.

Distress tolerance and adaptive capabilities in naval specialists with signs of professional burnout

Introduction. Modern research shows that distress tolerance and adaptive capabilities directly determine the structure, development, and the rate of formation of professional burnout, which predetermines the relevance of their study.Mission: to assess the distress tolerance and the structure of socio-psychological adaptation in naval specialists who have (or do not have) signs of professional burnout.Materials and methods. The study involved 250 naval specialists aged 25 to 45 years, divided into 2 groups — with absence (group 1, 91 people) and presence (group 2, 159 people) of the signs of professional burnout, in which the distress tolerance and the structure of social and psychological adaptation was determined.Results and their discussion. It was found that naval specialists with signs of professional burnout, in comparison with those who do not have it, reviled significantly higher indicators of adaptability, self-acceptance, acceptance of others, emotional comfort, internal control, adaptive abilities, neuropsychic stability, communicative potential, and personal adaptive potential, and significantly lower indicators of external control, statements, and escapism (avoiding problems).Conclusion. It is advisable to take into account the indicators of distress tolerance and the structure of socio-psychological adaptation, which play an important role in the rapid adaptation to various situations and prevent nervous breakdowns and prevent the occurrence of professional burnout.

Динамика взаимосвязи уровня тревожности и адаптационных способностей студентов к обучению в вузе

Elaborated is the content of the concepts of “anxiety” and “adaptation”. The dynamics of neuropsychiatric stability, situational anxiety and adaptation in students during the initial period of study at the university were revealed. During the adaptation period, reactive anxiety changes in the direction of its increase. The presence of the relationship of adaptive abilities and anxiety in students in 1–3 semester of study is shown. There is an increased interaction of these mental phenomena among themselves in 1st semester. During the adaptation period, the level of statistical connection between reactive anxiety and communicative abilities increases. Moral normality is a situational characteristic during adaptation and its relationship with personal and reactive anxiety is weak, but tends to increase. Most students successfully overcome the initial period of study, but the values of personal adaptation potential in students lie in the zone of “reduced adaptation”, that is, the adaptation process is in a positive direction, but it is difficult. In order for a student to effectively pass the adaptation period, he needs to increase the level of communicative abilities and neuropsychiatric resistance. This will reduce anxiety to the optimal level.

The features of self-awareness and value orientations in agricultural workers with occupational diseases of the peripheral nervous system

The problem of preventing and reducing the level of occupational morbidity among agricultural workers is of particular importance, since occupational diseases are the cause of high disability and mortality rates of the working-age population all over the world. As a research task, the authors made an attempt to identify the features of the interdependence of the components of self-awareness and conflicts in value orientations for the manifestation of the phenomenology of disorders with further designation of the targets of psychotherapy. An experimental psychological study which included 40 agricultural workers with occupational diseases of the peripheral nervous system (experimental group) and without diseases (control group) was carried out using the multilevel personality questionnaire «Adaptability», the self-attitude test questionnaire by V.V. Stolin and S.R. Panteleev, and Schwartz's methodology «Value orientations». As a result of the study, it was found that in the subjects of the experimental group, in contrast to healthy individuals, the hyposthenic type of response prevails, there is the average level of neuropsychic tension, there is no tendency to reactions of the impulsive type, and a high negative and statistically significant relationship between the indicator of conflict in values and the level of personal adaptive potential is identified. The results of the study indicate that among agricultural workers with occupational diseases of the peripheral nervous system, accentuations of the character of the «inhibited» circle prevail, there is an increased level of anxiety and low tolerance to unfavorable factors of professional activity. The dominant personal values at the level of convictions are personal success in accordance with social standards and enjoyment of life, and at the level of behavior — understanding and protecting the well-being of all people and nature, preserving and increasing the well-being of loved ones. With an increase in conflict in value orientations, the adaptive potential of the respondents decreases, and a decrease in the level of self-attitude entails a decrease in adaptation.

Body modification in university students: Attitudes and role of personal body alteration experience

IntroductionBody modifications are a common practice in altering one’s appearance. Some authors refer to such practices body injuring (tattooing, piercing) and indirect body modification (dieting, bodybuilding).ObjectivesTo study the attitudes of university students to body modifications considering their personal adaptation potential and experience of body injuring when modifying it.MethodsWe surveyed 104 university students aged 17–24 (65.3% males). The first group included 52 students who had experienced body altering (tattooing, piercing), the second group – 52 students without such an experience. We used the Maddi Hardiness Scale to assess the personal adaptation potential and a 14-point questionnaire to estimate the attitude to body modification.ResultsOver the half of the students in both groups consider that an insufficiently beautiful body needs “improving” (63.4% и 51.9%), but people do not have to intensively build up their muscles (51.9% и 84.7%). Students with modified bodies look more positively at piercing (z=5.4; p=.0001), weight control (z=5.20; p=.0001) and plastic surgery (z=4.02; p=.0001). Students with unmodified bodies credibly more rarely regard tattoo as decoration (z=3.7; p=.0002) and have a more negative attitude to pediatricians having tattoos (z=2.9; p=.003). Indicators of psychological hardiness in the first group are credibly lower – commitment (р=.01), control (р=.001) and challenge (р=.0001).ConclusionsStudents with a higher adaptation potential limit themselves to indirect body modifications (physical exercises). Students with a lower adaptation potential more often resort to body injuring (tattooing, piercing), which may reflect peculiarities of their personal response to stress or peculiarities of their mental status.DisclosureNo significant relationships.

Psychological conditions for the formation of adaptation potential of an individual in the learning process

  This article is dedicated to examination of psychological conditions of the formation of adaptation potential of an individual in the learning process. It is established that the personal adaptation potential is the interconnected psychological characteristics of a person that determine success of adaptation to the external environment. Leaning on the analysis of literature sources, the author built a research model that reveals the following factors affecting formation of adaptation potential: psychic stability, adequate self-esteem, communication skills, behavioral regulation, coping behavior and group interaction skills. For assessing the adaptive capabilities and individual psychological characteristics of the students, the author applied the following methods: empirical (multi-level personal questionnaire “Adaptability” by A. G. Maklakov, S. V. Chermyanin; methodology “Socio-psychological comfort of the environment” by A. G. Maklakov; coping-test of R. Lazarus, S. Folkman, translated by T. L. Kryukova, E. V. Kuftyak and M. S. Zamyshlyaeva; Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire; mathematical-statistical (correlation analysis) Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient; nonparametric comparison method of the two related samples (Wilcoxon signed-rank test). The scientific novelty of the presented materials consists in the development of scientific representation of psychological conditions of the formation of adaptation potential of an individual in the learning process, as well as in identification of the causes of maladaptation (emotional instability, low self-control, propensity for authoritarian behavior, low conformity and normativity of behavior). The acquired experimental data on the level of development of adaptation potential of the students allow predicting the success of their learning process. The provided materials can be used by psychologists and pedagogues in organization of work aimed at prevention of maladaptative conditions among adolescents.  

Анализ ценностно-мотивационной сферы сотрудников органов внутренних дел в прогнозе успешности профессиональной адаптации

The article discusses the results of an empirical study of the value-motivational sphere of employees of internal affairs bodies, which allow predicting the success of professional adaptation. A comparison of the indicators of groups of adapted and non-adapted individuals revealed a fundamentally different level of personal adaptive potential, communicative potential, behavioral regulation and moral level. It has been established that the value-motivational profile of employees with a high level of personal adaptive potential is represented by higher indicators of internal motivation, values of service to society, normative behavior and professional achievements. In the field of socio-psychological adaptability, these are indicators of moral normativeness and the ability to constructive communication, in the motivational sphere - an orientation to success and achievement. The features of the value consciousness of a successfully adapted personality are established, expressed in the priorities of serving society, moral and business value orientation and professionalism.

Динамика характеристик ценностно-мотивационной сферы сотрудников органов внутренних дел с разным уровнем личностного адаптационного потенциала в процессе профессионального обучения

Adaptation to the professional activities of employees of the Internal Affairs bodies during the period of professional education is an important condition for the success of further professional activities, which determines the effectiveness and reliability of the subject in performing operational and service tasks. A direction of current importance in the study of various aspects of adaptation to professional activity is the correlation of the system of personal values and motives with the norms and values of the professional environment, their dynamics in the process of adaptation to professional activity, which is confirmed in theoretical and empirical studies. The article presents the results of the empirical study of the dynamics of the value-motivational sphere of the personality of Internal Affairs body’s employees in the process of vocational education, both of the general sample and the division according to the level of personal adaptation potential. Statistical analysis made it possible to establish reliably significant differences in the motivational orientation of the individual, characteristic both for the general sample and for individual groups. It was found that by the end of vocational education, employees with a high level of adaptive potential are characterized by changes in the value-semantic and motivational spheres, which contributes to more active interpersonal interaction,successful entry into the professional environment and the desire to increase the level of education and acquire new professional competencies. Employees with low adaptive potential are characterized by the desire to complete training as soon as possible and to reduce the importance of professional activity and the prestige of the service. Indicators of the dynamics of the value-motivational sphere of the personality of employees in the process of vocational training underline the importance of this stage in adaptation to professional activity and the need for psychological and pedagogical support of employees newly recruited into the service of the Internal Affairs bodies.

Personal Indicators of Emotional Intelligence and Their Impact on the Adaptive Potential of Military Personnel

The article is devoted to the relationship between personal indicators of emotional intelligence and the components of the adaptive potential of military personnel. A review of the main approaches to the concept of emotional intelligence is presented, the grounds for using personal indicators in the process of analyzing emotional intelligence are revealed. On the basis of theoretical analysis, personality traits are identified that can be considered as indicators of emotional intelligence that affect the adaptive potential of a person. A theoretical model of the relationship of personal indicators of emotional intelligence and components of personal adaptive potential is formed, for the empirical confirmation of which a psychodiagnostic study was conducted. In order to obtain empirical data, three psychodiagnostic methods were used: Multi-level personality questionnaire «Adaptability» (MLO-AM) A.G. Maklakova and S.V. Chermyanina, test EmIn D.V. Lucin and the 16-factor Kettell personality questionnaire. The analysis showed the average level of development of the integral indicator of emotional intelligence and the average level of adaptive potential in the group of young officers. Correlation analysis made it possible to form a correlation matrix in which the relationship of the general emotional intelligence and the adaptive abilities of the person is revealed.