CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXPERIENCE OF TIME AND THE LEVEL OF NEURO-MENTAL STRESS IN MILITARY UNIVERSITY CADETS

Abstract

Background. The article discusses the problem of psychological health safety of military university cadets, defined in the study through the concept of neuro-psychic tension. The content of the cadets’ attitude to time as a personal correlate of psychological health is analyzed. Materials and methods. To study the attitude to time, Wasserman’s «Semantic Time Differential» and F. Zimbardo ZTPI techniques are used. To measure the level of neuro-psychic tension, an abbreviated version of the MMPI technique and a method for measuring the level of neuropsychic stability are used. Statistical methods (Mann-Whitney comparative analysis, cluster analysis) were used in the processing. The study was conducted at the Novosibirsk Military Institute of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation on a sample of 172 cadets. Results. The study shows statistically significant differences in the characteristics of the time perspective and the semantic content of the attitude to time between cadets with different levels of neuro-psychic tension. Conclusion. It is concluded that there is a nonlinear relationship between the studied characteristics according to the principle of «optimum»: the optimal indicators of the attitude to time correspond to the normal (average) level of neuro-psychic tension.