Psycho-emotional state of the individual and features of coping with a difficult situation (COVID-19 pandemic)
The article examines the results of studying an individual's psychoemotional state in difficult situation and the ways of coping with the difficult circumstances (the COVID-19 pandemic). Besides the notions of the coping behavior are introduced. The relevance of the presented study is substantiated. The aim of the study is designated, methods of research are listed. The following psychodiagnostic techniques were used in work: the scale of psychological stress PSM-25 (the method of French authors Lemyr-Tessier-Fillion) translated and adapted by N.E. Vodopyanova, the COVID-19 fear scale by D.K. Ahorsu (translated and adapted by A.D. Reznik et al.), Covid-19 Pandemic Anxiety Scale (HADS Adapted Method), Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WCQ) by R. Lazarus. As a result, the authors found that a small number of the test subj ects had high stress levels, a considerable number of the test subjects had the fear of the COVID-19 and high level of anxiety associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. The study also highlighted the significant correlations between stress levels and the ways of the coping behavior by the correlation analysis method (Pearson's test). Furthermore, the proposed program was aimed at correcting psychoemotional state of the respondents who had high- and moderate levels on the following criteria: stress, fear of COVID-19, anxiety. Psycho-correction work included trainings to improve the psycho-emotional state. The method of mathematical statistics (Student t-test) revealed important differences in the test data in the input and output diagnostics. The effectiveness of the psychocorrectional program has been confirmed.