STUDENTS’ STRESS COPING STRATEGIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH
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Aim. To present a review of the scientific literature on the problem of studying students’ coping behavior in the situation of Covid-19 pandemic, approaches as well as program of interdisciplinary research of students’ coping strategies during urgent transition to distance learning in the conditions of anti-epidemic measures.
Results. The characteristic of the ways of revealing productive coping-strategies under stress is given with the allocation of conditions, evaluation of the situation, resources which are available for students. From the point of view of medical and hygienic research when assessing coping behavior, individual indicators of physical, mental health, lifestyle, hygienic skills and standards should be taken into account. When assessing psychological and pedagogical factors of coping behavior one should pay attention to academic performance, peculiarities of social and psychological interaction with classmates and teachers, socio-economic status, gender and personal characteristics of the individual.
Conclusion. The interdisciplinary medical-psychological-pedagogical approach to the study of students’ coping behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic causes the construction of a typology of coping behavior, allows to identify productive and non-productive coping strategies for coping with stressful situations, to determine and describe additional factors influencing their choice. The development of recommendations on the application of the typology of coping strategies obtained on the basis of interdisciplinary scientific approach, will allow the administration of universities to reasonably approach the development of medical-hygienic and psychological-pedagogical preventive measures in the design of the educational environment in the conditions of the pandemic.
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