Interrelation of Intellectual Abilities, Social Intelligence and Psychological Readiness of Military Personnel to Perform Service and Combat Missions

Aim of the study is to determine the interrelationships of intellectual abilities and social intelligence of military personnel with their psychological readiness.

Methodology. The study was conducted on cadets of the Military Institute of the National Guard Troops. The total sample size was 60 people. The age of respondents varies from 19 to 22 years. To obtain empirical data, the author's questionnaire "Assessment of the psychological readiness of military personnel (employees) to perform the SBZ, the test "Social Intelligence" by J. Guilford, and the CAT test (A short indicative, selection test of V.N. Buzin and E.F. Vanderlik) were used. The methods of primary data processing and descriptive statistics, correlation analysis using the Pearson correlation coefficient were used in statistical data processing.

Results. As a result of the work carried out, statistically significant correlations of the characteristics of intellectual abilities, social intelligence with all components of psychological readiness to perform service and combat tasks were revealed.

Theoretical and/or practical significance. The results obtained show that the development of social intelligence and intellectual abilities of military personnel can significantly reduce the time of formation of their psychological readiness to perform service and combat tasks. The prospects of conducting research in the field of formation and development of psychological readiness of military personnel to perform service and combat tasks are presented.

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