Manifestation of anxiety in schoolchildren during the transition to primary school
The article is devoted to the study of the manifestation of anxiety in childhood, namely, in the conditions of the educational environment, in particular, during the transition of a younger student to the next stage of education. Anxiety indicates a perceived danger in the vicinity of the subject, an increased level of anxiety suggests both the presence of a wide range of different situations perceived as a threat, and a habitual way of responding. School anxiety is a special case of anxiety. The article presents the materials of an empirical study obtained on a sample of children aged 10 - 11 years in the amount of 129 people (67 girls and 62 boys). During the study, the following methods were used: «The Scale of Explicit Anxiety CMAS by J. Taylor (1953)» (adapted by A.M. Prikhozhan (1994)), «The Scale for Assessing the Level of Reactive and Personal Anxiety of Ch.D. Spielberg (1953)» (Adapted by Yu.L. Khanin (1978)), «Philips' School Anxiety Test (1975)», «Projective Drawing for the Diagnosis of School Anxiety «I'm at School»» (Ovcharova R.V., 1996). The results obtained allow us to say that the level of personal and situational anxiety of students increases during the transition from elementary to basic school. However, by the end of the first year of study at the level of basic general education, the level of personal and situational anxiety decreases somewhat. At the same time, the girls participating in the study demonstrated a higher level of fear of the situation of control and testing of knowledge (the situation that had the most negative impact on the level of anxiety was a public test of knowledge) compared to boys of the same age group.