The Factors of Mental Maladjustment of Law Enforcement Officers

The article presents the data of the study of mental maladjustment factors of law enforcement officers. The study involved 153 employees of the Internal Affairs bodies. It is established that more than 30 % of experts of an extreme profile have a complex of mental disadaptation signs. The system of factors contributing to the development of mental maladjustment: professional, social and individual psychological. The main professional factors include the profile of professional activity, stress conditions of official activity, a high level of organizational stress, the specifics of the activity, length of service. To social – lack of family and children, the presence of 3 or more children, low level of education, a tendency to limit social contacts. To individual & psychological – personal resources –using of maladaptive coping strategies, low overall adaptive capacity, inadequately inflated self-esteem, low rates of mental abilities; somatic disorders, high level of anxiety, signs of depression, neuropsychiatric instability. The results should be taken into account in the development of preventive measures to reduce the likelihood of mental