The article examines the specifics of manifesting a sense of humor and emotional burnout among the preschool teachers. Particular attention is paid to the fact that manifesting the sense of humor can influence the prevention of professional deformations among teachers. The relevance of the research problem is conditioned: firstly, by insufficient studying the relationship between the sense of humor and the emotional burnout syndrome among preschool teachers; secondly by its ambiguity. Two opposing points of view on the interaction of burnout and professional deformation are presented. A number of researchers’ results reflect a negative relationship between a sense of humor and professional deformation. At the same time there is a number of directly opposed studies showing the positive effect of humor on preventing emotional burnout. The use of correlation analysis (Spearman’s r-test) showed both negative and positive statistically significant relationships between humor styles and attitudes towards humor and phases of burnout (p < 0.05). The obtained results allowed formulating a number of conclusions regarding the fact that the relationship has a differentiated nature consisting of the positive impact of the affiliate style on emotional burnout, as well as negative manifesting of humor associated with aggressive style and the fear of looking funny which are less protective against emotional burnout.

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A study was conducted to identify high-risk groups among adolescents, with a level of accentuations, characterized by a high probability of adaptive disorders in the professional sphere, which contribute to the development or intensification of intrapsychic conflict, frustration and emotional tension, mental stress. The questionnaires of K. Leonhard and N. Shmishek “Character Accentuationsˮ, “Orientationˮ (I. L. Solomin) and “Professional Readinessˮ by A. P. Chernyakovskaya. The relationship between the accentuations of the character of adolescents and their professional self-determination was determined using a correlation analysis – the r-Spearman criterion was used. Adolescents were tested, students of grades 10 and 11 in the amount of 60 people aged 15–17 years (including 22 boys and 38 girls). It is concluded that adolescents with dysthymic, anxious-fearful, exalted, affective-labile and stuck character accentuations are more vulnerable in the context of professional self-determination, more successful adolescents with hyperthymic, pedantic, demonstrative, excitable and emotive character accentuations.

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Evidence of psychological stress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, including anxiety, depression, etc. has been presented in many scientific papers. This is especially true for university students, who are a unique group experiencing constantly increased psychological stress associated with studying during a pandemic. This study aims to identify the factors that determine the severity of student anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Self-reported data on anxiety and psychological distress as a result of exposure to COVID-19 were collected on samples of students from 18 to 22 years old (N = 86), of which 53 were women and 33 were men. To study the predictors, multiple regression analysis and Studentʼs t-test were used. An increased risk of psychological stress was associated with the female gender. Characteristics such as embarrassed, agitated and in disarray, when assessed by students, are more likely to contribute to increased anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychosemantic predictors of studentsʼ personal anxiety are such qualities as frightened and weak, which corresponds to the anxious-fearful personality type. Also, triggers of anxiety disorders in students can be a loss of control over the situation and the need to take personal initiative, especially in the interpersonal sphere of life. In conclusion, it is concluded that the present study highlights some of the factors associated with an increased risk of developing psychological stress in students due to COVID-19 and can be used for psychological interventions.