EMOTIONAL STATES OF MILITARY SERVICEMEN AND THEIR PSYCHODIAGNOSTIC TOOLS (BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF THE ADAPTED CCI-55 METHODOLOGY)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/psy-2025-5-4Keywords:
emotional states, emotions, CCI-55 questionnaire, emotional stress, ineffective defense mechanisms, optimization, rehabilitationAbstract
The article is devoted to one of the current today’s problems: the identification of emotional states of military personnel who participated in military operations and experienced certain emotional disorders due to traumatic events. It presents a modern understanding of emotional states as complex mental states reflecting in the form of experiencing the significance of the influence of external and internal stimuli. The purpose of the article is to describe the general understanding of the emotional states of military personnel and the CCI-55 methodology adapted by us for diagnosing ineffective defense mechanisms of military personnel. In accordance with the purpose and objectives of the empirical study, we have identified and substantiated the criteria for diagnosing emotional states and negative defense mechanisms as well as the corresponding indicators that specify the criteria and reveal their essence in detail. The following criteria were used: 1) emotional; 2) behavioral; 3) cognitive. The criteria were the names of the modules – summaries of statements – from the CCI-55 questionnaire, which reflect the most stressful situations and strategies with which servicemen can overcome difficulties and cope with stress. Working with these statements, they should assess how often they experience certain feelings and emotions or how often they resort to a certain strategy. The described methodology allows not only to identify ineffective defense mechanisms in servicemen, but also to further destroy and overcome them, eliminating their harm, which prolongs human suffering, and to build psychological rehabilitation programs by using relevant psychotherapeutic and rehabilitation methods, among which the most appropriate, as evidenced by the practice of foreign researchers in overcoming emotional disorders and stress, are process-oriented cognitive-behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy.
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