Assessment of the effectiveness of measures to preserve, strengthen, and restore mental health and psychological well-being of specialists of EMERCOM of Russia

Abstract

Background. Maintaining mental health and psychological well-being of the specialists of EMERCOM of Russia requires, along with implementation of measures for the rapid restoration of their working capacity, also the development of their self-regulation skills by means of training with the use of special psychophysiological equipment. In this regard, it is necessary to assess the effectiveness of measures for psychological prevention and psychological correction carried out with EMERCOM specialists by means of special psychophysiological equipment.

Objective. Systematization and analysis of data on psychophysiological parameters and subjective self-assessment of the specialists of EMERCOM to assess the effectiveness of psychological prevention and psychological correction programs.

Study Participants. The study analyzed 5865 programs, of which 5117 programs were conducted as a part of psychological prevention activities (one-day programs) and 748 programs for psychological correction.

Methods. The study implemented psychophysiological methods of diagnostics of functional state and the questionnaire method. Empirical data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon T-test and descriptive analysis.

Results. An empirical study on the evaluation of psychological prevention and psychological correction programs demonstrated an improvement in the functional state of EMERCOM specialists after participating in the programs not only according to subjective assessments, but also according to psychophysiological indicators, which shows the compliance of the programs with the stated goals.

Conclusions. The results obtained make it possible to apply algorithms of psychological prevention and psychological correction programs systematically and comprehensively in order to restore and preserve mental health and psychological well-being of EMERCOM specialists.

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