Components and Structure of Psychological Readiness for Professional Activity

Authors

  • A. Bakhtov

Keywords:

psychological readiness, professional activity, structure of psychological readiness

Abstract

The content and essence of the concept "psychological readiness for activity", which was investigated by various scholars (B. Ananiev, S. Rubinshtein, K. Platonov, V. Shyrynskyi, V. Krutetskii, S. Lybin, L. Kandybovych, M. Diachenko, V. Barco, A. Lynenko, P. Rudyk, A. Vedienov etc.).The definition of "psychological readiness" for various types of activity (professional, labor, sports, military, etc.) is considered. The problem of readiness from the point of view of different theoretical concepts: functional, personal and complex is highlighted. It is analyzed the main types of structures of psychological readiness of a person for professional activity: three-component model (V. Shalaiev, M. Lohachov, O. Ivanova, M. Tomchuk), four-component model (O. Dobrianskyi, V. Varvarov, V. Yahupov, O. Mushynska, L. Karamushka, M. Moskalov, O. Topolenko), a five-component model (M. Diachenko, L. Kandybovych), a six-component model (L. Kondrashova). Considering the structure of psychological readiness through the prism of the study – "psychological readiness of the police officer for official activities", an analysis of the above approaches is carried out and a conclusion as to the optimal component and its internal certainty is made. The four-component model is proposed for the optimal structure of psychological readiness, and the motive, cognitive, operational, and personal components are determined as the structural components of psychological readiness of the police officer for official activity. The study opens the prospects for further research of the problem of psychological readiness of the police officer for official activity. The prospective directions include: the study of general characteristics of special and extreme conditions of activity and the specifics of psychological readiness of the police officer for professional activities.

Author Biography

  • A. Bakhtov
    Researcher of the Department of Legal Psychology of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine; e-mail: bah1@ua; ORCID 0000-0001-9912-8298

Issue

Section

Psychological support of law enforcement