Personal features of a cinologist of the penitentiary system at different stages of the professional formation

The article considers the peculiarities of the professional and personal formation of cynologists of the penitentiary system. In the psychological literature, the term «professional formation» is widely used and interpreted as the process of mastering the profession and developing the personality as a whole. The article presents the results of an empirical study of the psychological characteristics of the personality of a cynologist at different stages of professionalization. The respondents were students of the Perm Institute of the FPSR (Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia) doing the course in «Zootechnics», from I to IV years of studying and employees having experience of service in the cynological departments and services of the FPSR. Using the methods of mathematical statistics, the author of the article established the direction and intensity of changes in the structure of a cynologist's personality. A five-factor questionnaire (5 PFQ) was used to describe the psychological characteristics of the subjects. To study the system of self-relationship and socio-perceptual aspects of self awareness, the author of the article used a questionnaire of self-attitudes by V.V. Stolin, which allowed for analyzing the hierarchical model of the main parameters: openness, self-esteem, self-guidance, self-worth, self-acceptance, self-attachment, internal conflict, self-incrimination. In order to determine the leading motive in the structure of a trainee's personality the authors used the work «Motivation for studying in high school» by T.I. Ilyina. For first-year students, the dominant motive is mastering the profession, from the second to the fourth - obtaining a diploma. The article describes in detail and substantiates the statistically significant differences between all groups of the studied personal factors of temperament and character in the system of self-relationship and motivational sphere. Analysis of the research results shows that all changes in the structure of the subjects' personality related to the social situation, the level of development of the leading activity, the development of the new social role are quite logical and objective.