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38STH MULTIDISCIPLINARY INTERNATIONAL
Conference of Biological Psychiatry
«Stress and Behavior»
Proceedings of the 9th International Multidisciplinary Conference «Stress and behavior» Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 16-19 May 2005 Editor: Allan V. Kalueff, PhD
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
6. GENERAL QUESTIONS:
PSYCHIATRY OF STRESS
PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS OF YOUNG SPECIALISTS STUDYING MINING PROFESSION
A.A. Ismailova, S.T. Onayev National Center of Labour Hygiene and Occupational Health, Karaganda, Kazakhstan Analysis of the teenagers’ neuropsychical development peculiarities, their psychical health allows to elaborate the prevention of neurotical and individual dysfunctions, representing an important task for occupational medicine, allowing to improve their health during professional training, also assisting in professional selection for working in dangerous conditions.
Methods. Social and psychological testing assessed neurotism and emotional resistance by Eyzenk, aggression by Bass and Dark tests (psychical, verbal and indirect aggression, negativism, irritation, suspiciousness, offence, self-aggression, the feeling of guilt) in 86 students of mining schools aged 16.8 ± 0.3 (1st year: 18; 2nd: 18; 3rd: 28; 4th: 22).
Results. Perhaps due to low physical activity, many students showed abnormal psychic states, including aggressiveness (24%), irritation (18%), feeling of offence (55%) or guilt (38%). Highest physical and indirect aggressiveness was seen in the 2nd year group (73.3 ± 3.8, 47.6 ± 3.9 points). Moreover their physical aggressiveness was 13.2% and 12.4% higher vs. the 1st students from the 1st and 3rd years and 17.9% vs. the 4th year students. The 3rd year students’ indirect aggressiveness index was 38.3% and 34.4% higher vs. the 1st and 4th year groups, and only 14.1% higher vs. the 2nd year students. High verbal aggressiveness was seen in the 2nd year students (65.1 ± 5.8), which was 18.3% and 17.9% higher vs. the 1st and 4th year students, and 8.8% higher vs. the 3rd year students. The highest index of suspiciousness and offence was revealed in the 3rd year students (62.2 ± 3.2 and 55.7 ± 3.8 points). Their aggressiveness was 12.2% and 13.2% higher vs. the 1st and 4th years, and only 4.3% vs. the 2nd year group. The changes in the offending index was 13.2% and 15.5% higher vs. the 1st and 2nd years, and only 3.5% vs. the 4th year students. Among the 4th year students, we found high index of negativism (74.5 ± 3.9 points), 23.7% and 26.2% higher vs. the 1st and 2nd years, and 17.9% higher vs. the 3rd year students. The high index of feeling of guilt and irritation was seen in the 1st year students (69.8 ± 5.8 and 51.2 ± 5.6 points, accordingly), which were 20.1 % higher vs. the 2nd year students and 10.7% higher vs. the 2nd and 4th years. An excess of irritation was 28.6% higher vs. the 2nd year students and 13.7% vs. the 4th year. Among the teenagers with average level of emotional resistance and introversion, we found high degree of sociability, excellent adaptability to the environment conditions. During professional training, there were changes of emotional resistance index especially in the 2nd year students, reducing by the end of the study, showing psychic problems development. Overall, the students’ psychic status showed high degree of neurotism, irritation, reactive and spontaneous aggressiveness, emotional instability, average degree of steadiness. A big portion of teenagers (>1/3) showed serious negative reactions (e.g., physical and verbal aggression, suspiciousness) during their professional training. High aggressiveness was seen in 60% of the 1st year, and 34% of the 4th year students.
Psychopharmacol. Biol. Narcol. 2005. Vol. 5, N 2. P. 921
Psyhopharmacology & biological narcology
ISSN 1606-8181
