THE INTERRELATION OF INDICATORS OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMATICS OF STUDENTS WITH THEIR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT CONSCIENCE (PILOT STUDY)
The work is aimed at comparing the indicators of psychopathological symptoms of students with their representations about conscience. We suggested that there is a correlation between the respondents' psychological health indicators and their representations about conscience, namely: the more expressed the psychopathological symptomatology of the respondents, the stronger the negative attitude towards the phenomenon of conscience. A questionnaire was used for the expression of psychopathological symptoms (Simptom Check List-90-r-Revised, Scl-90-R) and the author's questionnaire for the definition of social representations about conscience. The results showed that the scales of psychopathological symptoms are positively correlated with the answers to the questionnaire statements reflecting the negative attitude toward the phenomenon of conscience and are negatively related to positive judgments about conscience. Ie, the more expressed the psychopathological symptomatology of the respondent, the more he agrees with the statements of a negative nature (conscience is not needed, conscience is a delirium, which must be weaned, conscience prevents one from living, a man with a conscience is weak and timid and etc.), to a greater extent neutralizes the value of conscience. The results of the pilot study allow us to confirm the opinion that psychological health is interconnected with the moral attitudes of the individual and is most likely a necessary condition of human morality, as well as vice versa, moral guidelines help a person maintain mental and psychological health in difficult life situations.