PECULIARITIES OF OVERCOMING PROFESSIONAL BURNOUT AMONG MILITARY PERSONNEL

Abstract

The article deals with the issue of professional burnout among servicemen who are in the area of combat operations. The peculiarities of psychological counseling of military professional activity of servicemen are described. Psychological support of military personnel includes: psychological counseling, psychotherapeutic assistance, personal factors of professional burnout (introversion, sensitivity, low level of self-esteem and self-respect, desire for dominance); status-role (role conflict, negative stereotypes, dissatisfaction with professional promotion, lower social status, isolation from the reference group); professional-organizational (organizational conflicts, lack of autonomy, excessive control); existential (dissatisfaction with the results achieved, feelings of frustration, dissatisfaction with the results of activities, loss of meaning, loneliness). 
Professional burnout leads to impaired functioning of the unit, causes a negative psychological climate, and contributes to a decrease in performance. If a serviceman develops symptoms of professional burnout, his psychological state tends to become negative and extends beyond the individual's well-being.
The effective performance of combat missions is represented not only by the professional training and physical capabilities of the individual, but also by his or her ability to express responsibility, independence, self-control, flexibility, ability to make independent decisions and constructively interact with other members of the military team under the influence of stress factors and the performance of professional tasks.