Cadets’ Psychological Readiness Formation Program in the National Guard of Ukraine to Use Firearms in Professional Spheres

Ihor Atamanenko, Oksana K. Kornosenko, Oksana Danysko, Maya Serhiienko

2023

Abstract

The imperfection of psychological training methods and psychological training programs of cadets of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU) determines the study’s relevance. The study’s purpose is to develop and implement a program of psychological training for firearms use during the training process of NGU cadets; to diagnose the activity of the departments of the autonomic nervous system, according to indicators: heart rate and breathing rate; to reveal or refute the correlation between the strength of the nervous system and the success level of NGU cadets during training shooting; to examine the program’s effectiveness in maintaining and strengthening the nervous system force of cadets. Methods of research include analysis, synthesis, modeling, programming, pedagogical observation, and methods of expert evaluation. The program consists of three stages: motivational, basic, and restoring, and aims at forming a positive motivation to use firearms in extreme conditions, improving the state of pre-situational readiness, optimal combat state, and transition from one state to another, and working out the action strategy under the influence of stressful factors during service and combat activity. After differentiating the heart rate and breathing data for all groups, a relationship between the level of cadets’ psychological readiness and indicators of autonomic changes was revealed: on average, 50% of the total number of cadets are individuals who have accelerated breathing and heart rate during the period of shooting conditions, with 46% of them are groups with an average and low level of success in shooting. The psychological training program is effective in supporting and strengthening the cadets’ strong nervous system, but only a marginally weak one.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Atamanenko I., K. Kornosenko O., Danysko O. and Serhiienko M. (2023). Cadets’ Psychological Readiness Formation Program in the National Guard of Ukraine to Use Firearms in Professional Spheres. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on History, Theory and Methodology of Learning - Volume 1: ICHTML; ISBN 978-989-758-579-1, SciTePress, pages 31-40. DOI: 10.5220/0012646000003737

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ichtml23,
author={Ihor Atamanenko and Oksana K. Kornosenko and Oksana Danysko and Maya Serhiienko},
title={Cadets’ Psychological Readiness Formation Program in the National Guard of Ukraine to Use Firearms in Professional Spheres},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on History, Theory and Methodology of Learning - Volume 1: ICHTML},
year={2023},
pages={31-40},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012646000003737},
isbn={978-989-758-579-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on History, Theory and Methodology of Learning - Volume 1: ICHTML
TI - Cadets’ Psychological Readiness Formation Program in the National Guard of Ukraine to Use Firearms in Professional Spheres
SN - 978-989-758-579-1
AU - Atamanenko I.
AU - K. Kornosenko O.
AU - Danysko O.
AU - Serhiienko M.
PY - 2023
SP - 31
EP - 40
DO - 10.5220/0012646000003737
PB - SciTePress