Features of Self-Assessment Index of Attitude Toward Personal Health in Young Students
https://doi.org/10.47619/2713-2617.zm.2023.v.4i3;4-12
Abstract
Introduction. Partial lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic and difficulties in restoring social ties in the post-pandemic period led to noticeable changes in health awareness and attitudes toward personal health among young students.
Purpose. The goal was to identify the features of the self-assessment index of attitude toward personal health in students in the COVID and post-COVID periods.
Methods and materials. 645 adult students from Moscow universities participated in the study on a voluntary basis. They were provided with five author-developed surveys aimed at identifying levels of health, its types (general, psychological, and mental), and components (emotional, cognitive, practical, and behavioral scales of the index of attitude toward health, as well as the intensity indicator).
Results. The study showed that during the COVID-19 pandemic one of the main features of self-assessment index of attitude toward personal health among students was a high correlation between the average level of the cognitive scale of the index of attitude toward health and the above-average level of psychological and general health. It was proven that in the post-COVID period one of the main features of self-assessment index of attitude toward personal health among students was a high correlation between the above-average level of psychological health and the average level of emotional, cognitive and practical scales of the index of attitude toward health and the intensity indicator; the above-average level of general health and the average level of emotional, cognitive and practical scales of the index of attitude toward health and the intensity indicator. There is a noticeable correlation between the average level of health and mental health and the average level of emotional, cognitive and practical scales of the index of attitude toward health and the intensity indicator; the average level of emotional, cognitive and practical scales of the index of attitude toward health and the average level of the intensity indicator.
About the Authors
O. B. Polyakova
Russian State Social University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga B. Polyakova – Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology, Conflictology and Behavioral Studies
1, str., 4, Vilgelma Pika ul., Moscow, 129226
T. I. Bonkalo
Research Institute for Healthcare Organization and Medical Management of Moscow Healthcare Department
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tatyana I. Bonkalo – Doctor of Psychology, Associate Professor, Head of Scientific Information Department
9, Sharikopodshipnikovskaya ul., Moscow, 115088
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Polyakova O.B., Bonkalo T.I. Features of Self-Assessment Index of Attitude Toward Personal Health in Young Students. City Healthcare. 2023;4(3):4-12. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.47619/2713-2617.zm.2023.v.4i3;4-12
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