Psychological adaptation of shift staff for different activities in the Far North.

The objective of this study is a comparative analysis of the psychological adaptability of shift staff in oil and gas and diamond production in the Far North. In total, 227 shift workers took part in the study. Using the methods of psychophysiological and psychological testing, we studied the following parameters of the psychological adaptation of shift personnel: regulatory processes, subjective control, socio-psychological adaptation and personality characteristics. As a result of the study, some differences were found in the parameters of the psychological adaptation of shift workers of various industries. In conclusion, the parameters of socio-psychological adaptation as a criterion of psychological adaptation for the workers of the southern shift are much higher than for the shift workers in the Far North. The shift workers with a favorable functional status have a higher dominance rate. The workers in the Far North also have a higher level of self-regulation.

[ASSESSMENT OF EXTREME FACTORS OF SHIFT WORK IN ARCTIC CONDITIONS BY WORKERS WITH DIFFERENT REGULATORY PROCESSES].

A man working on a shift basis in the Arctic, every day is under the influence of various extreme factors which are inevitable for oil and gas indudtry. To adapt to shift work employees use various resources of the individual. The purpose of research is the determination of personal resources of shift workers to overcome the adverse factors of the environment in the Arctic. The study involved 191 builder of main gas pipelines, working in shifts in the Tyumen region (the length of the shift 52 days of arrival) at the age of 23 to 59 (mean age 34.9 ± 8.1) years. Methods: psychological testing, questioning, observation, descriptive statistics, discriminant step by step analysis. There was revealed the correlation between the subjective assessment of the majority of adverse climatic factors in the regulatory process "assessment of results"; production factors--regulatory processes such as flexibility, autonomy, simulation, and the general level of self-regulation; social factors are more associated with the severity of such regulatory processes, flexibility and evaluation of results.

[Optimal personal resource as a determinant of adaptational strategies of shift workers in Far North].

Development of mineral deposits in Far North and Arctic regions is a priority in Russian Federation. Result of shift workers' adaptation in Far North is formed adaptational strategy. Environmental and personal resources determine adaptational strategies in occupational activity of shift workers. Optimal personal resource of adaptational strategies in shift workers is: acceptance of others, moderate internality, integral adaptation value and programming as regulatory process.

[Character accentuations as a criterion for psychological risks in the professional activity of the builders of main gas pipelines in the conditions of arctic].

UNLABELLED: The article is devoted to the study of character accentuations as a criterion for psychological risks in the professional activity of builders of main gas pipelines in the conditions of Arctic. OBJECTIVE: to study the severity of character accentuations in rotation-employed builders of main gas pipelines, stipulated by their professional activities, as well as personal resources to overcome these destructions. The study involved 70 rotation-employed builders of trunk pipelines, working in the Tyumen Region (duration of the shift-in--52 days), aged from 23 to 59 (mean age 34,9 ± 8.1) years, with the experience of work from 0.5 years to 14 years (the average length of 4.42 ± 3.1). Methods of the study: questionnaires, psychological testing, participant observation. STATISTICAL METHODS: One-Sample t-test of Student, multiple regression analysis, incremental analysis. In the work there were revealed differences of expression of character accentuations in builders of trunk pipelines with experience in work on rotation less and more than five years. There was determined that builders of the main gas pipelines, working on the rotation in Arctic, with more pronounced accentuation ofthe character use mainly psychological defenses of compensation, substitution and denial, and have an average level of expression of flexibility as the regulatory process.

[The concept of "psychological risk" in the professional activity of employees of fly-in fly-out method of labor organization on the example of oil and gas companies in the Far North].

Professional work in shift team in the Far North contributes to the formation of unfavorable functional states and the development of destructive personality traits of employees, which lead to a decrease in the level of mental health, productivity and work efficiency With the aim to predict the professional efficiency of the rotational personnel it is necessary to determine the probability of negative psychological states, properties and qualities that will prevent its implementation, i.e, the psychological risks in professional activities. Psychological risk in the professional activity is the probability of occurrence of a professional personal destructions and the formation of unfavorable functional states of employees when performing job functions due to the prolonged negative impact of social-household and occupational factors in the lack of personal and environmental resource.