PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE MENTAL HEALTH OF FUTURE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

Abstract

The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the problem of an individual’s mental health and its role in increasing the effectiveness of service and combat activity among personnel of security structures, in particular, servicemen of the National Guard. It is noted that under the conditions of martial law in the state, mental health ensures successful resistance to stress and life difficulties, enables a person to realize their personal potential, work productively and contribute to social life, resist an aggressive environment, and adapt optimally to living conditions. The article emphasizes modern theoretical approaches to the content and structure of the concept of “mental health.” According to the results of the empirical study, the values of mental health indicators of cadets of the National Academy of the National Guard of Ukraine were established, as well as significant correlations between mental health indices and certain professionally important individual psychological characteristics essential for the success of service and combat activity of servicemen, including hardiness, self-fulfillment, self-efficacy, motivation, stress resistance, and others The identified psychological factors that ensure mental health and influence it may help commanders and psychologists of military units in solving the tasks of psychophysiological support for the service and combat activity of National Guard personnel under the current conditions of war.