Open AccessAdjustment disorders in international students studying in English during a pandemic
Author(s) -
I.V. Leshchyna,
Yuliіa Asieieva,
Oksana Vasylieva,
Irina Strelnikova,
Наталя Ковальська
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista amazonía investiga
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2322-6307
DOI - 10.34069/ai/2021.48.12.21
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , psychology , ukrainian , curriculum , medical education , maladaptation , pandemic , institution , mathematics education , covid-19 , pedagogy , medicine , sociology , psychiatry , social science , geography , philosophy , linguistics , disease , archaeology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The article presents a detailed study of clinical manifestations of adjustment disorders. The aim of our research to study the peculiarities of adjustment disorders of English speaking international students and to develop a system of its psychotherapeutic correction in a medical institution of higher education.The research methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of literature on the research topic, psychodiagnostic and mathematical-statistical methods.The study was conducted in the context in English speaking foreign students of reforming educational services in Ukrainian higher education institutions against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic and distance learning. The study based on 103 English speaking foreign students of III-Vth years of education in Kharkiv National Medical University, both sex (52 male and 51 female). The average age of the surveyed foreign students was 22.0±1.8 years. Foreign students were divided into three groups. The first group included 40 fourth-year students, the second group 40 third-year students, the third group consisted of 23 fifth-year students. The survey consisted of several stages and was conducted on-line. The first stage was carried out at the beginning of the quarantine, the second after 3 months. Psycho-corrective measures had a positive effect on the dynamics of mental state in 82.5 % of international students. In 68.7 % there was a reduction in maladaptation.