Evaluation of the effectiveness of a special program for the prevention of interpersonal conflicts among cadets

Context and relevance. Prevention of interpersonal conflicts becomes an important condition for ensuring the psychological safety of the educational environment and the formation of a harmoniously developed personality of a cadet who is ready to perform professional tasks in difficult and dynamic conditions. The theoretical basis of the research was the concepts of the study of human interpersonal conflicts and the theory of psychological safety of the educational environment. Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of the psychological prevention program of conflict behavior developed among cadets of educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Hypothesis. The program of psychological prevention of conflict behavior among cadets of educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia will help to overcome interpersonal conflicts and increase the level of satisfaction with the psychological safety of the educational environment. Methods and materials. The study was conducted on the basis of the Kikot Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The study sample consisted of 60 cadets from the educational institution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (17—18 years old). At the first stage of the experiment, the authors of the study interviewed 60 cadets. According to the test results, two groups of cadets were identified, 15 people each with a high and average level of propensity to conflict, which made up the control group (10 people with a high and 5 with an average level of propensity to conflict) and the experimental group (9 people with a high and 6 cadets with an average level of propensity to conflict). The research used the methods of “Express diagnostics of the safety of the educational environment” (G.S. Kozhukhar, V.V. Kovrov); “Test for assessing the propensity for conflict” (V. Alekseenko's method); K. Thomas's method for diagnosing personality predisposition to conflict behavior (adapted by N.V. Grishina); “Strategy” (author A.I. Shipilova). The experimental impact method is a program for the psychological prevention of interpersonal conflicts among cadets of higher education institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The purpose of the program is to create a favorable psychological environment in the educational environment for the effectiveness of training and entry into the profession; the formation of cadets' knowledge about the psychological essence and causes of interpersonal conflict, as well as the consequences of its development (symptoms, means of self-diagnosis), the development of skills and abilities to overcome intrapersonal conflict. Results. The program developed and tested by the authors of the study for the psychological prevention of interpersonal conflicts among cadets of higher education institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia allowed to increase the level of trust, goodwill, acceptance, tolerance, compromise and reduce the level of aggression, hostility, conflict, propensity to conflict, rivalry, avoidance, confrontational and manipulative behavior strategies in the experimental group of cadets. Conclusions. It is shown that the developed program helps to overcome interpersonal conflicts and increase the level of satisfaction with the psychological safety of the educational environment.