Psychological correlates of adaptability in employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia with different professional experience

The aim of the study was to determine the psychological characteristics of adaptive and non-adaptive employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia with different professional experience, by identifying the age groups of employees matches with the professional periodization. 45 male employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia aged from 20 to 49 years were examined. The assessment of individual psychological characteristics was carried out using specialized techniques. It is established that the psychological characteristics of employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia with low adaptability, regardless of age, include: a low level of self-regulation as well as high personal anxiety, motor rigidity, low rate of intellectual operations, limited social contacts and high sensitivity to failures in communication. It was found that employees aged 20-34 years with low adaptability are distinguished by high physical activity, high activation of behavior aimed at achieving the goal, high conflict, tendency to aggression, which is combined with a low ability to think through the sequence of their actions and highlight significant internal and external conditions for achieving the goal, as well as an adequate assessment of the results of their activities. In addition, employees of this group are characterized by low tolerance to mental stress, viscosity of thinking, unwillingness to establish new social contacts, low verbal activity, dissatisfaction with the process of communication, high stress when performing physical actions.

For employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia aged 35-49 years with low adaptability are distinguished by low physical endurance, low motor activity, high motor rigidity and inhibition of motor operations, low behavioral activation associated with achieving goals, avoidance of social contacts, high sensitivity to communication problems, rigidity of the process of regulating behavior, rigidity of thinking, low rate of intellectual processes as well as high emotional instability, situational anxiety, a sufficient level of intellectual capabilities and a sufficient speed of communication programs.

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