Adaptation and Innovation in a Dual Model of Discipline of Cadets at a Military Institute

The discipline of cadets of military institutes of the National Guard of Russia (Rosgvardiya) is a subject of the current study. It is developed from the perspective of the meta-individual world theory and with reference to adaptation and innovation. A cross-theoretical approach was used: twofold structure of discipline, adaptation and innovation, divergent thinking. Their integration was the topic of this research. The sample consisted of 227 junior cadets of the Perm Military Institute of Rosgvardiya - young men aged 17 to 22 years. Both direct and indirect (through creativity) effects of discipline on the scales of adaptation and innovation of the Kirton method were discovered. It was shown that discipline and adaptation-innovation, by interaction, create a polysystemic effect. It has been suggested that "novelty" is embedded in adaptation and that they together represent integration based on a dual format.