The connection between the subjective assessment of the psychological climate and first-year cadets’ personality traits

Authors: Fokina I. V.

Citation: Fokina I. V. The connection between the subjective assessment of the psychological climate and first-year cadets’ personality traits. Psychopedagogy in Law Enforcement. No 2(69). 2017. Pp. 78–82. DOI: 10.24411/1999-6241-2017-12016.

Для цитирования: Фокина И. В. Связь субъективной оценки психологического климата с личностными особенностями курсантов-первокурсников // Психопедагогика в правоохранительных органах. 2017. № 2(69). С. 78–82. DOI: 10.24411/1999-6241-2017-12016.

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Abstract

During the first year of cadets’ studying the stable psychological climate is composed of minor components: psychological atmosphere and emotions caused by making or arranging certain actions. The cadets’ prevailing emotions in favourable psychological conditions are amicability, security, optimism, capacity for wok, initiative; under unfavourable conditions the cadets are aggressive, constrained, pessimistic and passive. The group psychological climate is determined by the emotional and business qualities of a person. An important feature of favourable psychological climate in the group is constructive interpersonal interaction among all subjects of communication. A common characteristic of psychological climate has statistically significant positive correlations with juvenile features according to Cattell: C — emotional stability/ instability and M — practicality/ impracticality. Knowledge of means used to form psychological climate and manage the collective is necessary for the leader to minimize negative manifestations.

Keywords: psychological climate, collective, subjective assessment, personality traits, personality, cadet.