Nataliia Gevkaliuk, Oksana Yavorska ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE OCCURRENCE OF STRESS-INDUCED PATHOLOGY – BRUXISM

(2025) Science and education, 4, 23-31. Odessa.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.24195/2414-4665-2025-4-3

Nataliia Gevkaliuk,
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor,
Professor at the Department of Pediatric Dentistry,
Ivan Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University
of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine,
1, Maidan Voli, Ternopil, Ukraine,
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-4616


Oksana Yavorska,
Master’s Degree Candidate in Specialty C4 “Psychology”,
Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University,
56, Ruska Str., Ternopil, Ukraine,
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2683-2531

ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE OCCURRENCE OF STRESS-INDUCED PATHOLOGY – BRUXISM

SUMMARY:

The article is devoted to the study of the influence of stress factors on the psychophysiological characteristics of students. The relevance of the topic is due to the prolonged effect of extreme and traumatic events caused by full-scale aggression by the russian federation, and the associated deterioration of the mental health of the population of Ukraine. Stressful situations, other psychological factors, in particular, anxiety and depression, able to cause various stress-induced pathologies, including bruxism. The study aimed to study and assess the impact of stress-induced factors on the psychophysiological features of students and their role in the occurrence of bruxism. The following scientific methods were used: a) theoretical – analysis of psychological-medical scientific domestic and foreign literature to clarify the role of psychological factors in the development of bruxism; b) empirical – psychological-medical methods of assessing the psycho-emotional state of students using psychodiagnostic methods – the level of personal anxiety and reactive anxiety according to the Spielberger C. D. anxiety scale; assessment of possible bruxism using the Pintado M.R. questionnaire; c) clinical – dental examination, hardware research for determining occlusogram and brux checker; d) statistical – for analysis and interpretation of the results of the study. The results of the student questionnaire using psychodiagnostic methods showed that in the structure of the distribution of respondents by levels of personal and reactive anxiety, a high level prevailed. Considering the psychosomatic connections, the corresponding dental symptoms of bruxism were identified in parallel, which demonstrated a high prevalence of bruxism both in sleep and wakefulness, with a high score on the evaluation criterion. The results of the occlusogram study and the bruxchecker assessment demonstrated the presence of supracontacts and an increase in the area of abrasion facets of the occlusal surfaces on the premolars and molars of the upper and lower jaws in all bruxists, which leads to pain and discomfort in the orofacial area, worsening the quality of life of patients. Since responsible for bruxism activity there are is sensitivity to stress and personality anxiety, ago advisable to modulate this condition with psychosocial factors, taking into account the psychoemotional characteristics of the individual.

KEYWORDS:

neuro-emotional tension, anxiety, stress, resilience, bruxism

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