SOME ISSUES OF POLICE OFFICERS ADAPTATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

The aim of our research is to study the adaptive capabilities of the staff of the Police of the Republic of Armenia after conducting the Spielberger Ch.D. test. and Hanina Yu.L. and determining their biological age and aging rate. The main group consisted of 429 male police officers in the Republic of Armenia with different length of professional experience for 2011-2015 years. By them conducted tests by Spielberger C.D. and HaninaYu.L., also determined the biological age and rate of aging. The control group consisted of 40 persons of the same age and sex, who did not serve in the police of the Republic of Armenia. The results of the study show that changes in individual indicators of biological age and the rate of aging are multidirectional, both reliable and deviations that have only the character of a tendency are identified; there is a gradual, initially unreliable (length of professional experience up to 5, as well as 6-10 years), and then, with an increase in the length of service, a significant increase in the value of biological age. The rate of aging with an increase in the length of service life is significantly higher only in the group with length of service up to 5 years, beginning with 6 years, there is a gradual decrease to 4.2±2.37 in the group of people with more than 21 years' experience. The study of reactive and personal anxiety shows that in all the years of the study, these indicators did not significantly differ from the control group, there are pronounced tendencies, respectively, of decreasing and increasing their values. There is a certain dysfunction in the psycho-emotional field of the police officers in the Republic of Armenia. At the same time, the decrease in the reactive anxiety index and the rise in the personal anxiety index, which was observed initially after joining the ranks of the police of the Republic of Armenia, may indicate a development of professional activity that is accompanied by changes in the influence of the situation itself and the emotional sphere in terms of formation the policeman's personality. adaptation, police officers, psychological selection, professional factors, age, aging rate.