THE LEVEL OF SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PREPARATION FOR TAKING THE NATIONAL MULTISUBJECT TEST IN WAR CONDITIONS

Abstract

Admission to higher educational institutions involves taking a national multi-subject test. Preparation and passing the test is a serious psychological test for graduates of educational institutions due to a number of reasons. The psyche and nervous system of schoolchildren are subjected to considerable stress due to the need to assimilate a large amount of information, as well as a complex choice of reference models of behavior and patterns of activity. Students study and prepare for entrance exams in wartime conditions. The dangers of rocket attacks, aerial alarms and permanent feelings of threat to life, the possibility of mutilation, loss of loved ones and relatives, power outages, etc. increase psychological stress and are traumatic for children's psyche. These and other factors actualize the problem of maintaining mental health and increase the relevance of psychological adaptation of graduates during preparation and testing. The level of adaptability indicates a person's ability to move to a higher level of individual development, increase their self-worth and self-esteem, confidence in their abilities, etc. It is about the creation and implementation of a system of measures that would contribute to the reduction of tension and anxiety of students, develop self-confidence, increase the effectiveness of preparation for testing by developing a number of personal qualities, abilities and skills that help cope with stress in difficult life circumstances and develop skills of mental activity, concentration of attention, the ability to self-mobilize in a decisive period, to control one's emotions. The results of an empirical study based on the theoretical model of L. Stompel proved that high school students in general have a sufficient level of social and psychological adaptation of high school students in preparation for testing in wartime conditions. Schoolchildren are able to adequately perceive critical situations and build productive coping strategies for solving problematic situations, relying on the support of the environment and building their own self-esteem and self-worth based on a high and sufficient level of personal will organization, etc. Some of the survey participants have problems with social and psychological adaptation, namely almost half of the respondents feel emotional discomfort, more than half have a high level of personal and situational anxiety, etc. This circumstance indicates the need to carry out measures of psychocorrective psychoeducational work, which in the end will allow students to identify opportunities and new resources in preparation for testing, make adjustments to the organization of educational activities, work on the development of willpower, etc. It is relevant to promote the development of a comfortable psychological atmosphere in the team, the development of constructive interaction skills with all participants in the educational process, etc.