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Psychology and Law
2025. Vol. 15, no. 4, 166–188
doi:10.17759/psylaw.2025150409
ISSN: 2222-5196 (online)

Developing self-control as a factor in increasing the professional longevity of psychologists and teachers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

 
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Abstract

Context and relevance. Legislation is currently expanding the period of working capacity, including for specialists eligible for early retirement, teachers, and those in high-risk professions. Finding resources to make this less painful for professionals is urgent. Objective. To test the effectiveness of the author's program for developing self-control using virtual reality technologies as a resource for increasing the components of professional longevity of educational psychologists of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Hypothesis. The quality of students’ motivation, their satisfaction with the learning process and their intentions to complete their education are positively correlated with autonomous motivation and negatively correlated with controlled motivation. Methods and materials. The study involved 68 working educational psychologists of the Ministry of Internal Affairs system (91% women). They were randomly divided into experimental and control groups (34 people each). Methods. Questionnaires: self-organization of activities (E.Yu. Mandrikova), "Behavior Control" (E.A. Sergienko). Mental activation and emotional tone (N.A. Kurgansky, T.A. Nemchin), "Subjective assessment of health" (P.V. Voitenko). "Expected retirement age" (T.N. Berezina) and a questionnaire on reasons for continuing to work after retirement (originally developed). Intervention methods: self-regulation and self-control training using VR technologies. Results. Cause-and-effect relationships between self-control abilities and components of professional longevity have been established. Developing behavioral control significantly increases situational characteristics of professional longevity (mental activation, emotional tone, interest, comfort, and situational health assessment). Developing self-management skills significantly increases basic characteristics of professional longevity: the "can" component, the "want" component, and the "must" component. Conclusions. The use of virtual reality technologies in psychological training is a proven means of increasing their effectiveness. Developing self-control improves professional longevity.

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Keywords: professional longevity, educational psychologists of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, virtual reality, self-control, behavioral control, self-organization of activities, vitality, psychological training

Journal rubric: Psychology of Professional Activity

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/psylaw.2025150409

Acknowledgements. The authors are grateful for the assistance in data collection to K.E. Buzanov, S.G. Boronenko, N.B. Semida, A.S. Trunova, and A.S. Tsvetkova.

Received 28.09.2025

Revised 30.09.2025

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For citation: Berezina, T.N., Deulin, D.V., Grivennaya, A.A. (2025). Developing self-control as a factor in increasing the professional longevity of psychologists and teachers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Psychology and Law, 15(4), 166–188. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/psylaw.2025150409

© Berezina T.N., Deulin D.V., Grivennaya A.A., 2025

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Information About the Authors

Tatiana N. Berezina, Speech Therapist, Additional Education Center of Diagnostics and Counseling, Psychological, Educational, Medical and Social Care of the Petrograd District of St. Petersburg “Psychological and Pedagogical Center ‘Health’”, St.Petersburg, Russian Federation, e-mail: bere20zina@mail.ru

Dmitry V. Deulin, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Docent, Associate Professor, Department of Scientific Foundations of Extreme Psychology, Faculty of Extreme Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6517-5061, e-mail: ddeulin@yandex.ru

Anna A. Grivennaya, Student of the Department of Scientific Foundations of Extreme Psychology, Faculty of Extreme Psychology,, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8764-0155, e-mail: 2xa1xg@mail.ru

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