FEATURES OF THE FORMATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PROTECTIONS IN CHILDREN OF YOUNG SCHOOL AGE WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ANXIETY
The article presents the results of research of features of formation of mechanisms of psychological protections in children of primary school age with different levels of anxiety. The data received as a result of complex experimental research are presented. The results show that half of the respondents showed an average level of anxiety with a tendency to high. Analysis of the results of conflict behavior styles showed that the highest number of values of the high level in the junior high school students has a strategy in the conflict of "competition", and the high level on the scale of "adaptation" is absent. Diagnosis of the psychological protection mechanisms used showed that the highest average values on the scales of "compensation", "rationalization" and "substitution" were found in half of the younger students. The results of the correlation analysis revealed interrelations of the spectrum of psychological protections and the level of anxiety in junior high school students. The study allowed us to identify junior high school students with a high level of anxiety who do not know how to cope with it (often enter into conflict, avoid stressful situations, do not know how to interact with others), i.e. they do not have a formed psychological defense mechanism. The work aimed at reduction of anxiety and formation of the mechanism of psychological protection was carried out with these younger pupil