The features of personal identity and the process of socio-psychological adaptation

The article presents the results of the theoretical analysis of the problem field of social and psychological adaptation in the context of personal identity. It contains the results of the study of correlation between the features of personal identity of conscripts and their adaptation / maladaptation to the service for a fixed period. The author presents the results of the empirical research involving the military personnel (n = 350,18-24 age bracket). The paper describes two adverse options of adaptation process of the military personnel and one standard option of this process, and their socio-psychological features. The applied aspect of a studied problem can be implemented in the form of practical programs of different level and orientation intended for work with future recruits aimed at the prevention of any adverse variants of the adaptation.