Hetero-aggressive behavior risk assessment in conscription-age individuals with character accentuations as a measure of adjustment disorder prevention during military service

Relevance. Efficient military recruitment strategies are required for better emergency prevention among the military personnel to meet the national security targets amid the current geopolitical landscape. This includes advanced heteroaggressive behavior risk assessment in conscription-age individuals with different types of character accentuations. The study aim is to evaluate the risk of hetero-aggressive behavior among conscripts with different types of character accentuations as a preventive measure for mental adjustment disorders during military service. Methods. We examined 53 conscripts diagnosed with different types of character accentuations who were referred to the psychiatric inpatient facility to assess their fitness for military service. Aggressive behavior levels, psychological markers, and manifestations were assessed using an integrative questionnaire to determine the type of accentuation and deviant behavior, the Buss–Durkee hostility inventory, as well as the authors’ original questionnaire. Factor analysis was used to assess the hetero-aggression severity level. Results and discussion. None of the conscripts with character accentuations demonstrated extreme severity scores for hetero-aggression by diagnostic scales, which is consistent with the definition of character accentuations as extreme, but still normal variants of character traits. Two aggressive behavior risk scores were identified associated with specific character accentuations – moderate (labile and psychasthenic types) or low risk (unstable, conformal, sensitive, and hyperthymic types). Conclusion. The findings allow to predict aggressive behavior risks in conscripts with different types of character accentuations by implementing preventive measures against mental adaptation disorders during military service.