[The soldier-senior officer relationship]

One of the main conditions for the successful adaptation to the military is the relationship between soldier and his commander. The aim of this study was to determine interpersonal relationship between soldier and his commander, evaluated by soldier on the one side and by commander on the other. The sample consisted of 144 adapted (group A) and 400 nonadapted (group NA) soldiers. The applied instruments were two questionnaires: Soldier's evaluation of a commander and Commander's perception of a soldier. Commanders most frequently noticed: emotional reactions of soldiers (anxious and depressive symptoms), then their relation to basic training and performance of soldier's duty and then their adjustment in the group (isolation, problems with sleeping and eating). It was concluded that soldiers with the problems in communication with authority before the military also had the problems with military commanders.