FEATURES OF EXPERT RESEARCH OF THE AFFECTIVE SPHERE OF PERSONALITY

Abstract

Forensic psychological examination as a special procedural action,
clearly regulated by law, the main purpose is to obtain an expert opinion.
Examination is carried out in situations when there is a need to apply
highly specialized psychological knowledge to address issues that arise
during the investigation of a crime.
Of particular importance is the psychological analysis of the psychophysiological
state of the subject, as the examination of the states of
affect and all related procedural actions are extremely complex. The purpose
of the article is to reveal some specific aspects of the organization
of expert research on the psychological propensity to experience affect.
Object of research: psychophysiological basis of the emotional sphere of
personality. Subject of research: features of expert research of the affective
sphere of personality.
The interest of law enforcement agencies in the SPE of the psychological
state of a person at the time of the offense is caused by the fact that
many serious crimes related to physical violence are committed in a state
of so-called strong emotional excitement caused by wrongdoing.
If the fact of a person being in a state of strong emotional excitement
during the period under study is established, then his actions entail
a significant mitigation of liability. Using Student’s t-test, significant
differences were found between the control and experimental groups in
terms of mental activation, interest, emotional tone, tension, comfort.
The experimental group is dominated by states: mental activation, emotional
tone and comfort, in the control — more represented interest and
tension.
In addition, statistically significant differences between subgroups
of men (and between experimental and control groups in general) were found for all emotional states, but no statistically significant differences
were found between subgroups of women for “comfort”. Based on the
obtained data, we can assume that the experimental group (a group of
people who are psychologically prone to experiencing affect) has a high
level of mental activation, emotional tone and comfort.