FEATURES OF THE PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL STATE OF ADOLESCENTS IN DIFFICULT LIFE SITUATIONS

Abstract

The article deals with a problem of negative psycho-emotional state of adolescents who have been in difficult life circumstances for a long time. The work presents some results of the study of the emotional state, in which 350 students took part. The following methods are used: “SAN questionnaire: well-being, activity, mood” by V.A. Doskina, N.A. Lavrentieva, V.B. Sharai, M.P. Miroshnikova, “Methodology for diagnosing self-assessment of mental states” by G. Aizenka. Statistical processing are carried out using the SPSS 17.0 program. Data analysis shows that most adolescents have negative well-being, low activity levels, and increased anxiety. A third of the students reveal a negative mood, a high level of frustration, aggressiveness and rigidity. There is an increase in disadvantage by older adolescence in almost all indicators (except activity). A significant tendency to increase the negative psycho-emotional state of adolescents in terms of such indicators as anxiety, aggressiveness, rigidity has been revealed. The researchers notice minor statistical differences in age-related changes – “well-being”, “frustration”. The highest risk of trouble is found in older adolescents. The study shows the need for psychological work to harmonize the psycho-emotional state of adolescents in difficult life situations.