Open AccessResearch of psychological stability of the employees of the penal system to the influence of destructive factors of professional activity
Author(s) -
A. M. Mikhaylov,
Tat'yana Pivovarova,
Ekaterina Kurkova
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
prikladnaâ psihologiâ i pedagogika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2500-0543
DOI - 10.12737/2500-0543-2021-6-3-60-70
Subject(s) - psychology , neglect , personality , social psychology , empirical research , applied psychology , professional development , relevance (law) , political science , law , pedagogy , psychiatry , philosophy , epistemology
The article presents the results of an empirical study of employees of the penitentiary system, the purpose of which was to study their psychological resistance to the impact of destructive factors of professional activity and the development of a psychocorrectional program. The professional activity of employees of the penal system is associated with the impact of various kinds of stress factors, the main of which is interaction with convicts with different levels of psychological and pedagogical neglect and criminal infection, which leaves an imprint on the employee's personality and destructive changes, and therefore the study the psychological stability of the penitentiary system employees to the impact of destructive factors of professional activity is of particular relevance for the penitentiary department. Having studied the psychological characteristics of employees and determined the destructive factors of professional activity, the authors checked the presence of a statistical relationship between the studied phenomena using Spearman's correlation coefficient, which made it possible to develop a psychocorrectional program for psychological support of this category of employees of the penal system. Also, within the framework of the developed psychocorrectional program, the main directions of work on the prevention and correction of destructive behavior are given, which in turn will increase the efficiency of the professional activities of penitentiary officials, improve the social and psychological climate within the team, and prevent discipline among the employees of the penal system.