The role and influence of psychological training of military officers on the performance of the tasks of military-professional activities

Abstract

The constant involvement of military personnel in the performance of duties in extreme conditions can contribute to maladaptation, a decrease in the body’s adaptability to various environmental conditions, neuropsychological overstrain, and the emergence of persistent negative mental states in them. Therefore, the problem of forming the psychological readiness of servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to perform the tasks of military and professional activity in today’s conditions is urgent, because not only the effectiveness of the professional activity of servicemen, but also their personal safety depends on such readiness. The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of performing the tasks of military professional activity on the psychological preparedness of military personnel. Research methods: аnalysis and generalization of scientific and methodical literature, testing, methods of mathematical statistics. More than 70 sources of information were analyzed and 32 sources of literature were singled out, the material of which was processed using general scientific methods. 47 cadets of the first year and 49 cadets of the third and fourth year of the specialty «Managing the actions of mechanized troops» took part in the experiment – with the aim of determining the level of professional training according to the relevant standards and tests of the «Collection of standards for combat training of the Ground Forces» and the «Rifle shooting course» of weapons and military equipment» and 81 servicemen (three groups of servicemen (platoons, groups) with 27 men each) whose level of preparation and training period was reliably equal (р>0.05) – in order to determine the effectiveness of the proposed exercises for gait development further performance of a combat mission aged 17-24 years (19.6±0.2 years). Results. I t w as e stablished t hat t he m ajority o f servicemen of mechanized units are afraid to carry out some standards of combat training in the presence of extreme conditions and the use of factors of the combat situation. The analysis of personal cards showed that 13.8 % of servicemen, 36.7 % of soldiers are not able to fulfill the standards for a positive assessment, and 49.5 % fulfill the standards with confusion and with the help of partners, instructors. Conclusions. The analysis of the indicators of further implementation of combat training standards indicate insufficient psychological readiness of servicemen to perform assigned tasks. The number of infantrymen who independently and fully fulfill the standards is 46.0 % of the personnel, 54.0 % of soldiers are unable to independently and confidently fulfill the standards for a positive result. At the same time, the number of servicemen who are not confident and cannot independently fulfill the standards of professional training of servicemen among the cadets of the first courses of study (48.9 %) and senior courses of study (45.6 %) does not differ reliably (р>0.05). The study of the performance of the combat task by the servicemen of the three formed groups showed that not a single group was able to fully perform the assigned combat task.