SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SELF-GOVERNMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROTECTION MECHANISMS OF MILITARY SERVICEMEN IN RESERVE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31149/ijnps.v4i6.2939Keywords:
military personnel in reserve, family life experience, self-management, psychological defense mechanisms, socio-psychological adaptation, reintegration, vital periods, self-regulationAbstract
This article empirically analyzes the role and significance of vital periods of family life in the system of socio-psychological adaptation of military personnel discharged from military service to the reserve. Empirical results show that with increasing family experience, the strictly regulated behavioral stereotypes characteristic of the military are softened, elastic analysis of the situation and the development of a decision-making system that is adaptive to the social environment are developed.
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