title: [The personality of soldiers with inappropriate behavior patterns at the end of military service].
abstract: The end of military service is the turning point in young man's life. After the organized way of living in military environment, he is expected to enter the regular life duties for which he is not prepared to. The aim of this investigation was to study the basic features of soldier's personality that contribute to the maladapted behavioral patterns in frustrating situations occurring at the end of military service, as well as the close inspection of the behavioural changes in such persons, which occurred in that period. Thirty-three soldiers who came to the neuropsychiatric examination between the 10th and 12th month of compulsory military service (72.72% for the first time since joining the Army) were examined. The soldier's personality in EPI (Emotion Profile Index) test was characterized by: lower incorporation and reproduction, but raised level of destructiveness and aggressiveness. The graphic representation of personality profile in the circle of segment values demonstrates the similarity of structurality level to the average profile of emotionally immature person and in certain segments to the persons who attempted suicide. Manifested behavioural patterns in soldiers had the features of Short timer's syndrome. The results of our investigation have shown that the problems of maladapted behaviour in soldiers at the end of military service are dominantly associated with the poor personality integration preexisting chronic problems of the immediate family and differing starting positions after the discharge as well as the poorer organization of living and work of soldiers in the unit due to the inadequate leadership.
authors.affiliation: Vojnomedicinski centar Karaburma, Beograd.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dedić
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krstić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017523:Croatia; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Licnost vojnika sa neprilagodenim oblicima ponasanja na kraju vojnog roka.