PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL PREDICTORS OF PERSONAL ADAPTIVE CAPACITY IN TVER REGION FIREFIGHTERS AT THE UNITIAL WORKING STAGE

Personal adaptive capacity was evaluated in 248 firefighters (age 20-29 years) of the Tver region upon entering employment and after a year of service. Using the psychodiagnostic complex "Multipsikhometr-05", three indicators of psychophysiological techniques (preparedness for emergency action, plasticity and tolerance of the nervous system) were studied. It has been detected that the PAC level of all the respondents was high. The PAC level decreased significantly in 25 % of the firefighters (the risk group) and remained high in 75 % of the respondents (the main group) after a year of service. The values of preparedness for emergency action for all the firefighters were high throughout the year. The average values of plasticity of the nervous system had initial significantly lower rates in the firefighters of the risk group in comparison with the main group. After a year of service, the average values of the parameters of the techniques of plasticity and tolerance of the nervous system decreased significantly in the risk group. With the ANOVA use, it has been found that plasticity of the nervous system was the only significant PAC psychophysiological predictor. This indicator is recommended to be used in firefighters' professional selection and annual monitoring of their psychological state.