Psychosomatic correlates of psychological disadaptation in civil servants

• Main Author: Sydorenko Oleg
• Format: Article
• Language: Ukrainian
• Published: V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University 2019-07-01
• Series: Психіатрія, неврологія та медична психологія
• ISSN: 2312-5675; 2411-166X

The article describes a psychodiagnostic study using the "Giessen personal questionnaire" on a sample of civil servants (n=159).The purpose of the study was to determine the psychosomatic correlates of psychological disadaptation in civil servants.157 civil servants were included in the psycho-diagnostic study, including 118 women (74.22%) and 41 people (25.78%). The average age of respondents was 42.7±9.19 years. The average length of service in the civil service was 16.37±8.25 years.Using the "Giessen Personality Questionnaire" it was established that 83 (52,20%) respondents have low control of behavior and actions, 85 (53,45%) respondents tend to depressive mood, the remaining results on the scale of the questionnaire did not exceed 25% of the sample.The second stage of the study included an analysis of data from previous studies. The general sample (n=159) of civil servants was divided into 2 groups: persons with manifestations of sociopsychological maladaptation (n=78; 49,00%) were the main group of research, individuals without maladaptive manifestations were the comparison group (n=81; 51,00%). After analyzing the data, we identified the psychosomatic correlates of the emergence of psychological disadaptation in civil servants: low level of internal motivation to work (n=78; 100%), weak personal qualities (n=75; 69,15%), use of ineffective coping strategies (n=73; 93,58%), anxiety (n = 40; 51,28%), depressive manifestations (n=20; 25,64%).These results show that the negative stressful effect on the personality of the civil servants, caused by the working environment, can cause deformation and destructive changes in it.