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Some aspects of adaptation of military units’ specialists to professional activity

UDC 159.9:351.746.1
Authors Vishnevskaya Valentina Petrovna, Grand PhD in Psychological Sciences, Professor
Medvedev Aleksandr Vladimirovich
Abstract Purpose. The purpose of the research was to determine the adaptive capacity of the Special Forces servicemen, to develop effective correction and development programs. The task of the research was to substantiate a long-term forecast of the dynamics of the adaptation potential of the Special Forces servicemen.
Methods. The dominant individually specific features of the adaptive potential of the Special Forces servicemen that affect the efficiency of service tasks performance under extreme conditions are examined. The phenomenological method was used (E. Husserl, M. Merlo-Ponty, P. Ricoeur, M. Heideger, etc.) as a way of researching and understanding the direct experience of self-realization of a specialist in his professional activities.
Findings. The study of the phenomenon of individually specific features of the Special Forces servicemen adaptive capacity is of exceptional importance both for the development of the «Self-concept professional» and for the solution of a number of applied problems.
Application field of research. The obtained data testify that the effectiveness of the Special Forces servicemen activities in extreme conditions is determined not by any one factor but by their ratio having individual character in each specific case. And the mobility of the tension boundaries in extreme situations gives not only the possibility but also the necessary use of a set of measures aimed at expanding this range. Сonclusions. While training the Special Forces servicemen, it is advisable to use a set of modern technologies that promote the expansion of the servicemen adaptive capacity range that provide effective performance of service tasks in ordinary, special, extreme conditions while maintaining their (mental and physical) health.
Keywords individual-specific features of the adaptive potential of military units’ specialists, professional activities, special, extreme conditions
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