Borderline mental states of employees of the penitentiary system: diagnosis and correction

The article analyzes the borderline mental states of employees, presents the results of a correlation analysis, describes the personality traits of an employee and the factors leading to a borderline psychological state. The goal is to study the problem of the manifestation of borderline states of the employees of the penitentiary system, as well as to identify their personal characteristics, to develop diagnostics and correction. An empirical study of borderline mental states of penitentiary officers was carried out on the basis of FKU IK-7 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Penza region. The study involved 50 employees. As a result of theoretical and methodological analysis, we found that the development of borderline conditions among penitentiary officers is associated with social and psychological problems. Based on the empirical study, three groups of employees were identified depending on the severity of the psychological characteristics of borderline mental states: employees with pronounced psychological characteristics of borderline mental states, employees with an average level of severity of signs of borderline mental states, employees with a low level of severity of signs of borderline mental states .n accordance with this, borderline mental states in penitentiary officers manifest themselves in the form of pronounced neuroticism and psychopathization, as well as overcontrol, anxiety, depression and suspicion. Focusing on the positive results obtained after testing a psycho-correctional program aimed at reducing the severity of negative features of the manifestation of borderline mental states among penitentiary officers, recommendations were formed on the organization of correction and prevention of borderline mental states among penitentiary officers.