(2016) Science and education, 9, 23-28. Odessa.

Oksana Vdovichenko, 

PhD (Candidate of Psychological Sciences), associate professor, 

Department of Theory and Methods of Practical Psychology, 

South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky,

26, Staroportofrankivska Str., Odesa, Ukraine

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 CORRECTION OF ADOLESCENTS’ STRESSFUL CONDITIONS AT RECREATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

The article deals with the issue of individual manifestations of risk at different stages of ontogeny. It should be noted that this topic is relevant both in practical application and theoretical aspect, since scientific definitions in the study of risk are often confused. It is adolescence when risk is mostly associated with stress and fear. So, psycho-semantic research was conducted in order to determine the importance of risk in life during the crisis stages of person’s ontogeny. For adolescents the words “stress” and “fear” are close in the meaning, which can be explained by the fact that the educational process is associated with school fears, fears of interpersonal communication and crisis character of relations between adolescents, which in turn causes stress. Words “health”, “sport” and “training” have positive associations in adolescents’ minds, they are united in a sufficiently tight semantic group. Therefore, these three spheres of adolescents’ life – sport, education and health– are similar and interconnected. The words “risk”, “sex”, “rest” and “money” cause the greatest excitement in adolescents, they are considered as so - called “driving forces”. The words “money”, “recreation”, and “game” are highly estimated by adolescents, as these objects are most pleasant and attractive for them. A word - stimulus “danger” has a negative meaning for them and a great exciting force, as well as “training”. Thus, it is important to organize the work with adolescents to adjust their stress states at recreational institutions, since their staying there itse lf causes great excitement in them, which in turn leads to the feeling of stress and tension. A special training course aimed at the correction of stressful conditions in adolescents has been developed. It consists of 5 sessions; each session lasts for 1 h 15 min. The course takes into consideration age peculiarities and a place of residence (recreational facilities) of the surveyed. Our further studies will involve the discussion of the results of the developed course aimed at the correction of adolescents’ stress states.

risk, risk process, the risk of identity in adolescents, stress, correction of stressful conditions, training.

 

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