The Influence of Personal Choice of Participation in Extreme Volunteerism on the Subjective Attitude of Military Personnel to the Family

<p>The article is devoted to the study of the problem of the psychological consequences of a person's stay in extreme conditions, namely, the assessment of the influence of personal choice of volunteering on the subjective attitude of military personnel to the family. The sample consists of 142 volunteer military personnel aged 32.18 ± 10.04 years who participated in a special military operation with a duration of 13.37 ± 3.79 months. An empirical study was conducted using: 1) a questionnaire for assessing personal choice of V.E. Petrov's participation in extreme volunteerism; 2) a questionnaire for studying family attitudes; 3) questionnaires of life values. The mathematical and statistical data processing is based on: 1) assessment of differences in groups; 2) correlation analysis. The results of the study showed that awareness of the personal choice of extreme co-participating activities is associated with the priority of such values as justice, identity with significant others, friendship/camaraderie, national idea among volunteers, which in many ways supports the comfort and stability of interpersonal relations in the family, forms the prospects of marriage. The value of family as a motivating factor for volunteering has been confirmed. Personal choice makes it possible to exclude (make unlikely) the transfer of problems of extremity to the family, to reduce conflict in relationships. Participation in an armed conflict increases the importance of friendship (camaraderie) to the level of family relations. The material focuses on improving psychological support measures for extreme volunteerism in Russia, as well as an approach to providing social and psychological assistance to families of participants in armed conflicts.</p>