Stress level of cadets during training under martial law depending on their temperament type
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/2077-6594/2025.4/08Keywords:
temperament, cadets, stress, mental health, martial law, warAbstract
The purpose of the work is to investigate the frequency of stress symptoms and the level of mental health in cadets during training under martial law, depending on their temperament type. Materials and methods. The research was conducted in 2024–2025 at National Academy of Internal Affairs (Ukraine, Kyiv, NAIA). The study involved 276 male cadets studying at the bachelor’s level in the specialty “Law Enforcement”. Four groups of cadets were formed, depending on their temperament type: choleric (Group C, n = 58), sanguine (Group S, n = 92), phlegmatic (Group P, n = 87), and melancholic (Group M, n = 39). Research methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of literature sources, survey, psycho-diagnostic methods, methods of mathematical statistics. Results. Conducted studies show that choleric and melancholic cadets show psychosomatic symptoms of stress more often than sanguine and phlegmatic cadets. That is, cadets with a choleric and melancholic type of temperament are more likely to get stressed during training in martial law conditions than cadets with a sanguine and phlegmatic type of temperament. It was established that such indicators of mental health of cadets as stress level, tendency to develop stress, level of stress resistance, neuro-emotional stress, and reactive anxiety are reliably (р ≤ 0.05–0.01) worse and more negatively expressed in melancholic and choleric cadets, compared to sanguine and phlegmatic cadets. Conclusions. This determines the need to take into account the individual psychological properties of cadets, in particular the type of temperament, when justifying the means of stress prevention during training under martial law, as well as for the restoration of the physical and psycho-emotional state of cadets.
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