The work is devoted to the study of theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of the formation of emotional and volitional stability of future officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during professional training in higher military educational institutions based on the experience of repulsing russia's armed aggression. It is established that the emotional and volitional stability of future officers is an integrative property of a personality formed in the process of military professional training in a specially created educational environment of a higher military educational institution, the proper level of formation of which ensures the successful performance of educational and combat missions under the influence of psychotraumatic factors.
It has been found that the structure of emotional and volitional stability of a future officer is an integration of psychophysiological, cognitive, emotional, volitional, activity and reflexive substructures. The components of the formation of emotional and volitional stability of future officers (motivational, cognitive, activity) are defined, the criteria (value-motivational, cognitive-practical and activity-evaluation) are clarified, the relevant indicators are allocated, its levels (low, medium and sufficient) are characterized and a diagnostic toolkit for assessing the state of its formation is developed.
Based on the use of pedagogical modeling, a graphical structural model of the formation of emotional and volitional stability of future officers has been developed, which includes five blocks: target-methodical; content-functional; subjective; activity; diagnostic and effective. The pedagogical conditions for the formation of emotional and volitional stability of future officers (stimulation of motivation and activation of cognitive activity of future officers to master professional knowledge and skills; development of professional subjectivity of future officers and formation of a culture of subject-subject interaction in a higher military educational institution; implementation of training technologies for the formation of emotional and volitional stability of future officers) are substantiated and the mechanisms for their implementation are determined. The potential of training technologies in the formation of emotional and volitional stability of future officers is determined. In practical terms, the author's training program “Emotional and volitional stability of future officers” was developed and tested, which covers 7 training days and is based on the use of practical methods and forms of training, namely, skills training, group work, discussions, brainstorming, role-playing and situation analysis.
In order to achieve qualitative and quantitative changes in the formation of emotional and volitional stability in future officers studying in the specialty 254 “Support of Troops (Forces)” of the educational and professional program “Moral and Psychological Support in Units, Ships (by types of the Armed Forces)”, an experimental study was organized, which covered the stating and formative stages. During the experiment, the effectiveness of the selected pedagogical conditions and structural model was tested; quantitative and qualitative analyzes of the results were conducted.
The practical significance of the study lies in the introduction of the training program “Emotional and volitional stability of the future officer” into the professional training of cadets. The diagnostic tools for studying the state of formation of emotional and volitional stability of future officers have been systematized. Co-authored textbooks “Training Technologies in the Training and Education of Servicemen”; “Fundamentals of Military Pedagogy (in tables, diagrams, charts, photographs)”; “Theory and Methods of the Military Pedagogical Process”; “Fundamentals of Psychological Counseling of Servicemen”. Methodological and practical materials have been developed for the formation of cadets' emotional and volitional stability in the course of studying the disciplines “Social and Psychological Technologies of Management of Military Groups”, “Organization of Moral and Psychological Support of Troops (Forces)”, “Internal Communication Work in Units”, “Modern Methods of Psychodiagnostics of Military Personnel”, “Military Deviantology”, “Psychological and Pedagogical Aspects of Military Leadership”, “Psychology of Crisis Conditions”, “Ethics of Professional Activity of Military Leaders”, “Psychological Training of Personnel”, “Training Technologies in Training and Education of Military Personnel”. Practical training during field operations was supplemented: “Psychological Training and Tactical Medicine Course”, “Team Building Course”, “Military Leadership Development” and “Anti-Stress Training Course for Personnel”.
Keywords: emotional and volitional stability, pedagogical conditions, stress resistance, personal development, cadets, future officers.
