Features of the correlations of professional identity and professional deformation of employees of the internal affairs agencies of Russian Federation

Abstract

Currently, the concepts of «professional identity» and «professional deformation» are not studied and operational enough in the system of internal affairs agencies, there is no meaningful comparison of these phenomena at the theoretical and empirical level. Research of their correlation will help to solve problems of higher reliability of employees and higher efficiency of their professional activity in a complex. The purpose of the research is to reveal the correlation of professional identity and professional deformations of employees of the internal affairs agencies (case study of employees of the internal affairs agencies of the Arkhangelsk region) in order to develop a typology reflecting a combination of identity and deformation. Research methods are testing, questioning. In result the correlation between professional identity and professional deformation has been revealed. that higher “professional identity”, the displays of “authoritativeness” and “conservatism” are higher, and decreasing of “trade identity” and “self-identity” increases risk of development of such deformations as “learned helplessness”, “professional aggression” and “anxiety”, and the higher the professional group identity, “super control” increases, Keywords— professional deformation, professional identity, police officers, internal affairs agencies