THEORETICAL MODEL OF PROFESSIONAL DEFORMATION AMONG MILITARY PSYCHOLOGIST OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OF UKRAINE UNDER MARTIAL LAW

Authors

  • Kristina Onyshchuk

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33405/2078-7480/2025/3/94/349254

Keywords:

professional burnout, positive professional development, professional deformation, military psychologist, theoretical model of professional deformation

Abstract

The paper examines the differentiation between the concepts of professional deformation and professional burnout and substantiates the causes of terminological discrepancies between Ukrainian and foreign scholarly traditions. An authorial model of the professional deformation of military psychologists is proposed.

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2026-01-03

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