Journal of Intellectual Disability - Diagnosis and Treatment, 2021, 9, 107-112 107 E-ISSN: 2292-2598/21 © 2021 Lifescience Global Internal Factors of Development of Psychological Readiness for Professional Activities in Cynologist Officers Halyna Radchuk 1,* , Anatolii Afanasiev 2 , Dmytro Sofiian 2 , Zoriana Adamska 1 and Iryna Perig 3 1 Developmental Psychology and Counseling Department, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, 2 Maxyma Kryvonosa str., Ternopil, 46027, Ukraine 2 Cynology Department, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Akademy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, 46 Shevchenko str., Khmelnytskyi, 29007, Ukraine 3 Psychology Department, Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, 56 Ruska str., 46001, Ternopil, Ukraine Abstract: The purpose of our research is to carry out empirical study and analysis of internal factors of the development of psychological readiness for professional activities in cynologist officers. The article gives empirical evidence of internal factors of psychological readiness for professional activities in cynologist officers. The motivational and purposive, active and operational, emotional and volitional, reflexive and controlling components of psychological readiness are outlined. Three internal factors of psychological readiness of cynologist officers for professional activities are identified and analysed with the help of factor analysis of empirical indicators: awareness of psychological readiness for professional activities, a responsible subjective position, the ability to act independently, and take decisions. Keywords: Psychological readiness of cynologist officers for professional activities, motivational and purposive readiness, active and operational readiness, emotional and volitional readiness, reflexive and controlling readiness. INTRODUCTION Military personnel's readiness for working in extreme conditions has become even more important due to events happening in the world in the last years. Their ability to successfully withstand the influence of various stress factors while maintaining high- performance efficiency has become paramount of military training. Professional training of cynologist officers is an integral part of psychological support and is composed of a set of continuous measures to ensure the formation of psychological qualities of military personnel that enable readiness to perform service tasks under any circumstances. The purpose of our research is to carry out empirical study and analysis of internal factors of the development of psychological readiness for professional activities in cynologist officers. LITERATURE REVIEW The psychological readiness of military personnel in modern conditions was studied by many researchers [1-4]. They view professional psychological readiness as a complex holistic formation of a human psyche, *Address correspondence to this author at the Developmental Psychology and Counseling Department, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, 2 Maxyma Kryvonosa str., Ternopil, 46027, Ukraine; Tel: +38(067)3324555; E-mail: galyna012345@gmail.com which connects several closely interconnected psychological phenomena that have a complex dynamic structure, and are characterised by functional links between the components. “Psychological readiness for an activity starts from setting a goal based on demands and motives (or understanding the set or evolved problem). The motives of becoming a professional are understood to be the focus of personal efforts toward values of the profession acquired which incite a person to set a specific aim in the professional environment and take steps to achieve it” [5, p. 23]. The psychological readiness for one or another type of activity presents a developed system of convictions, views, relations, reasons, will, and intellectual qualities, knowledge, skills, attitudes, aiming at a specific behaviour [6]. The formed readiness for a certain type of activity can be identified only if a subject develops, an emotionally positive attitude, an ability to adapt their behaviour to the requirements of the activity, the formation of professionally significant qualities, emotional stability, ability to self-control, purposefulness, etc. [3, 7]. The enormous responsibility is placed on the representatives of extreme types of professional activities that are accompanied by moral risks [8]. It is very important to consider personality stress indicators under extreme working conditions [9-11]. Among the