SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF A MILITARY TEAM IN COMBAT CONDITIONS

The article presents a comprehensive theoretical analysis of the sociopsychological features of the functioning of a military collective as a specific small group in conditions of full-scale war.The relevance of the study is due to the need for a scientific rethinking of the mechanisms of management of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are formed mainly from mobilized individuals and operate in conditions of permanent vital stress.The author reveals the dualistic nature of the structure of a military unit, which consists in a complex dialectical interaction of the official (formal) and unofficial (sociometric) components.Based on a comparative analysis, it is proven that in conditions of combat operations, a rigid hierarchical structure often loses its regulatory function, giving way to horizontal connections based on trust and authority.The thesis is substantiated that the combat capability of a unit directly depends on the degree of consonance of these structures and the successful integration of informal leaders into the process of performing service and combat tasks, which allows to level the risks of "status mismatch" in heterogeneous teams.Based on the analysis of modern scientific research (works by V. Yagupov, O. Pervachuk, R. Khomchak, etc.), the article differentiates the concepts of social and activity (combat) cohesion.It is argued that in extreme conditions, the priority factor of effectiveness is precisely activity cohesion, which is based on the functional interdependence of fighters and professional trust, and not only on emotional sympathies.The dynamics of the transformation of a "diffuse group" into a cohesive combat team through the stages of adaptation, conflict structuring, and combat synergy are described.Special attention is paid to the impact of combat stress on the system of social and legal regulators of the behavior of military personnel.It was determined that in