Open AccessPersonality traits of the military university cadets with various types of motivation to enter the military service
Author(s) -
Larisa P. Kazakova,
Denis I. Radke
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
problemy sovremennogo obrazovaniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2218-8711
DOI - 10.31862/2218-8711-2020-5-54-68
Subject(s) - cadet , locus of control , psychology , military service , personality , applied psychology , social psychology , service (business) , perspective (graphical) , military personnel , political science , marketing , artificial intelligence , computer science , law , business
The article contains the results of an empirical study of the features of life meaning orientations, time perspective, and ideological identity of first- and fifth-year military university cadets studying “Psychology of service activity” with different types of motivation for choosing military service. Significant difference in the personal characteristics of cadets with the “internal” and “external” type of motivation for choosing military service is revealed. First-year cadets’ “internal” motivation is associated with higher levels of meaningfulness result of life and locus of control of ‘self’. Fifth-year cadets with “internal” motivation have higher indications of conciseness of the future and a positive attitude to the past. It is concluded that the motivation for entering military service is more significant for the indicators of psychological well-being of cadets than the experience of service or training in the cadet corps before entering a military university.