Psychodynamic protectors of psychological well-being of cadets and students of the educational organization of the Ministry of the Internal Affairs of Russia

The article presents the results of an empirical study of psychodynamic protectors of psychological well-being of cadets and students of educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The relevance of the study is due to the hyperstress, high social significance of the professional activity of employees of Internal Affairs and insufficient development of the problem of students' psychological wellbeing of departmental universities at the stage of their professional development in the learning process. The theoretical analysis of definitions of the concept of psychological well-being provides a diversity of its interpretations and highlights the lack of its operationalization, as a psychometric construct; additional diagnostic tools are required to study its protectors. Not only the special Scale of Psychological Well-being developed by K. Riff (as modified by T. D. Shevelenkov and P. P. Fesenko), but Psychodynamic Oriented Personality Inventory (POLO) "Resource" by V. A. Shapoval, and a specially designed questionnaire "Psychological Well-being of Students and Trainees" suggested by the authors of the study were used in the empirical research. The sample comprised 193 students of St Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. In the "Results and Discussion" section it is stated that psychodynamic protectors of psychological wellbeing of cadets and students of St Petersburg University of the MIA of Russia serve as constructive Istructural components of their personality and their general personality is constructive, providing professional psychological health with the ability to withstand adverse conditions of the professional environment, with a high level of volitional regulation and active socio-psychological adaptation. At the same time, destructive-deficit self-structural personal components, as well as indicators of general destructiveness, deficiency and behavioral maladjustment are considered predictors of psychological distress of students. The "Conclusions" section describes the concept of "psychological well-being" as perceived by the students. We demonstrated the quality difference of indicators of psychological wellbeing demonstrated cadets and students enrolled in different courses. We confirmed the research hypothesis about psychodynamic protectors of psychological well-being and distress predictors. We also indicated the scope of possible practical applications of obtained results -demonstrated psychological support of educational process in educational institutions of different types, including military and paramilitary ones.