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  • Vol. 20, No. 5, 2025

  • Psychological readiness of servicemen of the International Legion to operate in combat conditions: diagnosis of the system of attitudes and motives

  • Received 20.05.2025,
  • Revised 03.08.2025,
  • Accepted 30.09.2025
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Vol. 20, No. 5, 2025
  • combat conditions; psychological readiness; stress resistance; psychological endurance; adaptability to stress
  • https://doi.org/10.33099/2617-6858-2025-87-5-26-35
  • Pages 26-35

The article analyzes the results of a psychodiagnostic study of the motives and system of emotional attitudes of military legionnaires to various aspects of reality (to current events of today, to themselves, to various types of activities) using a modified version of the projective method of color metaphors. The desire of the legionnaires to connect their future with military service and psychological readiness for military activity as part of the international legion are defined

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