PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL DEFORMATION OF LAWYERS

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL DEFORMATION OF LAWYERS

Authors

• Л.Н. Светова

Keywords:

lawyers, professional burnout of lawyers, professional deformation of lawyers, psychological manifestations

Abstract

The results of an empirical psychological study of professional deformation of lawyers are presented. As a result of the survey and psychological diagnostics, the psychological aspects of professional deformation and professional burnout of lawyers were identified and described: the degree of prevalence, the main manifestations in activities, behavior and relationships, psychological connections, and conditions for overcoming. Professional burnout of lawyers is manifested in an inadequate selective emotional response; reduction of professional responsibilities; expansion of the sphere of saving emotions; experience of psychotraumatic circumstances; personal detachment as depersonalization