Peculiarities of the mental state of student youth of Ukraine during quarantine restrictions

Keywords: suicide, suicidal ideation, anxiety, depression, youth, mental states, COVID-19.

Abstract

The work was intended to generalize both world statistics and our own experimental study aimed at detecting changes in mental states during the introduction of quarantine restrictions caused by the prevalence of COVID-19. During quarantine restrictions we observed a high level of anxiety in almost 45% of young respondents, severe and extreme depression from 2% to 7% of respondents, and moderate from 40% to 50% of respondents. Impressive are also rates of explicit suicidal ideation – 10-13%. Thus, the situation with the mental state of the younger generation requires the intervention of specialists, the development of programs that allow them to provide timely assistance under quarantine restrictions and maintain a normal psychological state of young people. Identifying the peculiarities of mental states of young people provides an opportunity to develop programs of both prevention of suicidal ideation and support for people who are experiencing uncontrolled anxiety or are depressed. It should be noted that quarantine restrictions require special approaches to the provision and implementation of such programs, meaning their transference from real life to cyberspace. Given that programs quality should not suffer, assistance should be provided by expert professionals at a high level.

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Author Biographies

Yuliia Asieieva, «South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky», Odessa, Ukraine.

Doctor of psychological sciences, senior lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry, Medical and Special Psychology of the State Institution «South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky», Odessa, Ukraine.

Svitlana Sytnik, «South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky», Odessa, Ukraine.

Doctor of Psychological Sciences, associate professor, Department of Theory and Methodology of Practical Psychology, of the State Institution «South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky», Odessa, Ukraine.

Olena Babchuk, «South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky», Odessa, Ukraine.

PhD (Candidate of Psychological Sciences), Associate Professor, The Head of Department of Family and Special Pedagogy and Psychology, of the State Institution «South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky», Odessa, Ukraine.

Oksana Heina, Odessa National Economic University, Odessa, Ukraine.

PhD (Candidate of Philological Sciences), Assistant Professor of the Department of Language and Psychological and Pedagogical Training of the Odessa National Economic University, Odessa, Ukraine.

Kapitalina Dementieva, Odessa National University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Odessa, Ukraine.

PhD (Candidate of Psychological Sciences), Associate Professor, Department of Social and Applied Psychology, Odessa National University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Odessa, Ukraine.

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Published
2022-03-10
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Asieieva, Y., Sytnik, S., Babchuk, O., Heina, O., & Dementieva, K. (2022). Peculiarities of the mental state of student youth of Ukraine during quarantine restrictions. Amazonia Investiga, 11(50), 9-15. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.50.02.1
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