STUDY OF THE FEATURES OF ADOLESCENTS’ ANXIETY IN CONDITIONS OF MILITARY CONFLICT
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/cusu-psy-2024-3-7Keywords:
adolescence, anxiety, personal anxiety, situational anxiety, general anxiety, school anxiety, selfrating anxiety, interpersonal anxietyAbstract
The paper looks at the problem of psychological features of adolescents’ anxiety in conditions of military conflict, which is topical for modern Ukrainian psychology. It was aimed at empirical study of the peculiarities of adolescents’ anxiety in the conditions of the military conflict in Ukraine. To analyze the characteristics of anxiety in adolescents, O. Kondash Scale of Socio-Situational Anxiety (1973) and the Spielberger-Khanin Anxiety Scale were applied. Hence, there were diagnosed and identified the features of general, school, self-esteem and interpersonal anxiety, as well as the level of reactive and personal anxiety in adolescents. As a result of an empirical study, it was determined that most adolescents show school anxiety, while a significant number of adolescents showed an overestimated level of general and self-rated anxiety, and interpersonal anxiety is less pronounced. A certain number of adolescents demonstrate an extremely calm level of general and interpersonal anxiety, which can also be a negative phenomenon and requires additional research by psychologists. It has been empirically proven that most Ukrainian adolescents have a significant increase in situational anxiety, while the level of personal anxiety remains generally low. On the basis of the conducted study, it was concluded that the problem of anxiety in adolescents in the conditions of the military conflict in Ukraine is extremely relevant, since the growth of certain aspects of anxiety can lead to the formation of anxiety as a stable personality trait that detriments the development and formation of the entire personality of a teenager. Scientifically reliable studies that would reveal all aspects of the psychological characteristics of anxiety of adolescent children in conditions of military conflict are seen as prospects for further research. A topical issue is the development of theoretical-experimental and methodological basis for the prevention and correction of anxiety in adolescents in conditions of military conflict.
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