(2026) Science and education, 2, 37-44. Odessa.
Larysa Zhuravlova,
Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor,
Professor at the Department of Psychology,
Polissia National University,
7, Staryi Boulevard, Zhytomyr, Ukraine,
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4020-7279
Anastasia Shevchuk,
Master of the Educational and Professional Program “Practical Psychology”
at the Department of Psychology,
Polissia National University,
7, Staryi Boulevard, Zhytomyr, Ukraine,
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5564-3200
SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE OF PRONENESS TO METEOSENSITIVITY
SUMMARY:
The relevance of the problem is determined by the growing proneness to meteosensitivity in the population. The physically uncomfortable condition caused by meteosensitivity becomes an additional burden leading to the destabilization of cognitive functions and the motivational sphere of personality. The conducted analysis of theoretical and empirical studies demonstrated the insufficiency of psychodiagnostic instruments that could be used to purposefully investigate the phenomenon of meteosensitivity and its personality correlates. The aim of the study was to develop and validate a screening questionnaire of proneness to meteosensitivity in the context of the educational environment. Research methods: theoretical analysis of scientific sources, modeling, methods of descriptive statistics and scale reliability analysis, as well as confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and the calculation of Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for quantitative data processing. An original screening questionnaire, “Proneness to Meteosensitivity,” was developed, validated, and described; it makes it possible to diagnose the characteristics of the severity of meteosensitivity in students and its personality correlates. In particular, for the diagnosis of the psychological factors of meteosensitivity, it was considered important to determine the individual’s proneness to conformity and sensitivity to mechanisms of social influence. Based on empirical data, a factor model of the phenomenon of meteosensitivity was developed and verified, including two dimensions: “proneness to meteosensitivity” proper and “proneness to conformity.” The model explains 63.6% of the variance in the data and demonstrates high internal consistency (α = 0.771). The obtained results confirm that meteosensitivity is associated with personality conformity and can be investigated in the context of psychology.
KEYWORDS:
original instrument, meteosensitivity, learning activity, factor model of the phenomenon of meteosensitivity, validation, standardization, psychological factors of meteosensitivity
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