ABSTRACT
To date, the question of the selection of highly qualified employees in all areas of activity, including the system of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, remains relevant. Since the activity of employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations is accompanied by work in difficult and dangerous conditions, associated with a strong psycho-traumatic effect, they are in a state of systematic stress; therefore, as a result of the selection of personnel, only psycho-emotionally stable people should remain. However, despite the existing methods for selecting candidates for a position, according to statistical data, only for 2021, 30 cases of suicide by employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were recorded. In this case, in most cases, the main reason is just the same psycho-emotional stress, which was not detected in time. This fact testifies to the imperfection of the methods and means of controlling the psychological health of employees and candidates for the position. Also, in connection with the digital transformation of society, the selection of candidates for the position remotely is increasingly taking place. Despite the variety of existing methods of personnel selection, the pupillary reaction is not used to indicate the psychophysical state in the selection of personnel. And since information about the size of the pupils can significantly expand the information received about the state of a person, and the dynamics of the size of the pupils can be monitored remotely and unobtrusively, it is necessary to develop a methodology for assessing the psychophysical state using pupillograms. The idea of our experiment is to find out if there is a correlation between the standard methods (tests used in recruitment and current condition monitoring) and the pupillographic method. The results of the correlation analysis confirmed the presence of a correlation between the results of standard methods and the proposed one. There is a negative correlation of situational anxiety at the beginning (−0.63) and at the end of the shift (−0.74) with a change in pupil size: correlation of the same parameters with the change in GSR (−0.51) and (−0.86), respectively. An algorithm for the operation of a system for remote monitoring of the psychophysical state of employees is also proposed. Thus, the proposed method can become the basis for unobtrusive non-contact control of a person’s psychophysical state.
