PROMOTION OF HEALTH THROUGH THE PRISM OF SANOGENIC THINKING FORMATION IN YOUTH

Authors

  • A. Yu. Hilman National University of Ostroh Academy, Ostroh, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2020.1.11195

Keywords:

health promotion, sanogenic thinking, self-regulation, youth, persistence, reflexivity, self-control, high resistance to stress, rigidity, emotional experience of joy

Abstract

Purpose: to find out the role of students’ sanogenic thinking formation in health promotion; to analyze the results of the texture structure of personality-behavioral determinants that define the development of sanogenic thinking of student youth.

Materials and Methods. Theoretical: analysis, comparison, systematization of the data of psychological and pedagogical literature on sanogenic thinking; empirical: method of detecting sanogenic (pathogenic) thinking of university students by L. Rubtsova; method of diagnostics of the level of development of reflexivity by A. Karpov, test for the determination of rigidity N. Levitov; four modal emotional questionnaire by L. Rabinovich, scale of psychological well-being by K. Riff, method of diagnostics of the type of emotional reaction to the influence of the environmental stimulus by V. Boyko, test of life purport orientations by J. Krambo and L. Maholika, estimation of the level of satisfaction with quality of life by N. Vodopyanova; methodology “The motivation for success and fear of failure” (A. Rean); methodology for the study of volitional self-regulation A. Zverkov and E. Eidman, a questionnaire for evaluation of neuropsychic stability, “Anxiety Research” (questionnaire by C. Spielberger in the adaptation of Y. Hanin), scale of social adaptation of T. Holmes and R. Rage,  method of determining the type of personality Jenkins Questionnaire; Gisen questionnaire for psychosomatic complaints; methods of mathematical and statistical processing of empirical data: methods of descriptive statistics, Pearson rank correlation method, Kaiser’s criterion.

Results. According to the results of the study of sanogenic thinking in youth (a sample of 175 people) correlation connections of sanogenic thinking were revealed: there is a direct correlation between sanogenic thinking and motivation for success (rху=+0.71); neuropsychiatric resistance (rху=+0.69); reflectivity (rху=+0.77); perseverance (rху=+0.54); self-control (rху=+0.49); there is an inverse correlation between sanogenic thinking and rigidity (rху=-0.65) and the level of stress resistance (rху=-0.76).

Conclusions. So, as a result of factor analysis, aspects of the formation of sanogenic thinking of students are identified and they include: persistence, reflexivity, self-control, high resistance to stress, low rigidity, emotional experience of joy. Sanogenic thinking aims to achieve psychological well-being of the individual, eliminate negative habits, manage own emotions. It reduces internal conflict, tension and can enhance health as a result of reflexive analysis of problem situations. To form sanogenic thinking in student youth it is necessary to create the qualities and properties that were determined as a result of factor analysis.

Author Biography

A. Yu. Hilman, National University of Ostroh Academy, Ostroh, Ukraine

Candidate of Psychological Sciences Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health, National University of Ostroh Academy

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Published

2020-03-25

How to Cite

Hilman, A. Y. (2020). PROMOTION OF HEALTH THROUGH THE PRISM OF SANOGENIC THINKING FORMATION IN YOUTH. Bulletin of Social Hygiene and Health Protection Organization of Ukraine, (1), 5–9. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2020.1.11195

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Section

Health of the population:tendencies and forecasts