PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HARDINESS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WERE WOUNDED IN WAR CONDITIONS

Abstract

Military personnel are exposed to the stressful effects of various factors, including military mobilization, socio-economic, and informational. The war in Ukraine has created a threat to personal security and additional tension for both servicemen and their families. Due to the specifics and nature of military professional activity, a serviceman is required to have a high level of ability to adapt to changes in the situation, effectively overcome the life difficulties and solve service and combat tasks in various conditions. Professional military service requires a high level of resourcefulness and ability to overcome different difficulties. At the same time, the research shows that overcoming extreme situations, the ability to turn them into a source of development and actualization of the own life potential – all this is because of high importance in the development of the personality of a military specialist and requires active support from the psychologists. The most important tasks of psychological support and training of personnel for war operations are to overcome fear and panic, as well as to strengthen interpersonal relations in units, squads, crews which serve as the basis for the offensive morale and psychological stability of troops. The depth and form of mental disorders of soldiers depend on their war experience, the presence of past combat trauma, and the intensity of combat operations. By analyzing the war episodes, circumstances and factors that affect the psychological stability of military personnel, psychologists have attempted to establish some regularities that should be taken into account when leading military personnel in a combat situation as well as during the training and in peacetime. Obvious fears, increased demonstrative behavior, aggressiveness and suspicion, mental instability as a result of participation in war actions and trauma impact cause problems of hardiness of soldiers. Since military service has its own peculiarities, varying degrees of physical and personal changes, the problem of studying hardiness in military personnel who were injured during the war is particularly relevant.