ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH SPECIALTY 19.00.09 – "PSYCHOLOGY OF ACTIVITY IN SPECIAL CONDITIONS" WITHIN THE SECURITY AND DEFENSE SECTOR OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The article is written with the aim of forming a clear awareness of the completeness of the study of various issues of psychological support of professional contingents of the security and defense sector of Ukraine. This issue is particularly acute at the present stage of development of social and political life and is actualized by radical transformation processes caused by the war and its consequences. The paper analyzes the categorical field of scientific knowledge within the specialty 19.00.09 – "Psychology of activity in special conditions". The analysis made it possible to consider the dynamics of the defense of dissertation research in a certain specialty, their distribution by different types of power structures of Ukraine, as well as the chronology of their study. The article provides data on the study and distribution of 52 areas of professional activity of specialists in risky professions, the chronology of their study. Also, the leading higher education institutions with specific learning conditions, which have become scientific centers for dissertation research of the specialty "Psychology of activity in special conditions", have been identified. As a result of the study, it was determined which sections of the security and defense sector of Ukraine were devoted to the largest number of dissertations in the specialty "Psychology of activity in special conditions"; the most powerful scientific centers have been established, in which qualification works in the specified specialty are protected; distribution of the most scientifically popular categories of specialists who have become objects of research in the sectors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has been carried out. We hope that the theoretical analysis of a certain categorical field will allow us to predict the most important areas of scientific research in the future, to take into account in future works less studied areas of activity of law enforcement agencies in order to increase the efficiency, success and reliability of personnel when performing complex tasks as intended.