Indicators of Psychophysiological Adaptation of Students of Various Social Groups

The results of research of some psychological and psychophysiological indicators of students of various social groups (orphan students and students from usual families) in the course of adaptation to university training have been presented. Assessment of psychophysiological parameters was carried out with application of the standardized, approved techniques (A. Bass and A. Darki's technique adapted by A. K. Osnitsky: attention assessment, a test for noise stability). The conducted research has revealed reliable differences in psychophysiological characteristics of the students from various social groups. "Verbal aggression", "sense of guilt" and "the aggression index" were significantly lower (by 10.0; 25.0 and 4.5 % respectively) in the orphan students in comparison with the girls from the usual families. Psychophysiological tests "Attention assessment" and "Noise stability" have revealed a low degree of noise stability in the examined girls of both groups. "Physical" and "indirect aggression" were significantly higher in the orphan students. The test "Noise stability" has identified lower indicators of response time in the orphan students (by 7 %) and the system lower functional level (by 8 %). The correlation analysis has shown the nature of the interrelation of noise stability and the students' individual and psychological features. The received results demonstrate the necessity of the students' adaptation processes monitoring for timely arrangement of medical-preventive actions

Aggression · Developmental psychology · Applied Psychology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Human Health and Disease · Psychology · Psychology of Development and Education

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  C Arnold Anderson, Brad J Bushman•Annual Review of Psychology•2002

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