PSYCHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION OF WORKERS OF AN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE BASED ON THE RESULTS OF A PSYCHIATRIC PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION

Abstract

The article raises the issues of professional and psychological adaptation of workers of  modern industrial production in connection with the factors of harmfulness and the risk of development of initial mental disorders. The results of psychiatric professional examination of employees of one of the industrial enterprises are presented. For the study of mental adaptation, the “Generalized self-efficacy scale (GSES)” methodology was used, and the “Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (short Form)” technique (Q‑LES-Q‑SF) was used to study the quality of life. A screening test for depression was also used. Data have been obtained that attest to the fundamental difference in the professional and labor adaptation of specialists with higher and secondary special education. Specialists with higher education observed large scales of self-efficacy, higher quality of life and lower risk of depressive states (according to the screening test). Of the representatives of 12 specialties with secondary education, the lowest indicators of mental adaptation (self-efficacy, quality of life, risk of depression) were detected in representatives of low-skilled specialties — warehouse workers and creamer-spillers. It is concluded that this professional contingent represents a risk group for the violation of labor and mental adaptation and the formation of painful mental disorders, which may be associated with the development of life-threatening conditions in the course of professional activities.