The Quality of Life for Students in Educational Institutions: Current Situations and Basic Principles of Psychohygienic Improvement

Abstract

The aim: To develop the key principles of psychohygienic improvement of the processes of personality formation and enhancement of the quality of life of pupils and students of modern educational institutions of various types. Materials and methods: While working out the basic principles of psychohygienic correction of the processes of personality development and improvement of the quality of life of pupils and students of modern educational institutions of various types, we have conducted surveys of the adolescent boys and girls studying at five modern educational institutions in Ivano-Frankivsk city, namely Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk Finance Commercial Cooperative College named after Stepan Hranat, Ivano-Frankivsk State Music School named after Denys Sichynskyi, Ivano-Frankivsk Vocational Lyceum of Road Transport and Construction No. 15, and Ivano-Frankivsk Boarding Lyceum for Gifted Young People from Rural Areas. A total of 420 pupils and students studying at different types of educational institutions took part in the survey. They were in both natural and preformed conditions due to application of the program of psychophysiological effects on the body, psychohygienic correction of personality development processes and improvement of the quality of life of pupils and students. Results: While conducting the research, we have noted that the practical application of the program of psychophysiological effects on the body, psychohygienic correction of personality development processes and improvement of the quality of life of pupils and students occurs at mental, personal and psychophysiological levels of the adolescent boys and girls, anticipating correction of emotional, motivational and behaviour-based key characteristics of personality, psychophysiological adaptation and quality of life, thus being a platform for development of creative potential, self-analysis, self-expression and self-control skills, as well as discovery of positive landmarks and meaning of life of the boys and girls. Conclusions: The obtained data demonstrate that implementation of the program of psychophysiological effects on the body, psychohygienic correction of personality development processes and improvement of the quality of life of pupils and students, which includes: study of the level of development of psychophysiological functions, personality characteristics and indicators of the quality of life in each of the participants as well as taking into account the leading areas of their development within certain frameworks of educational process (the milestone of psychodiagnostics and assessment of the level of development of psychophysiological functions and personality traits); performing a set of exercises to relieve muscle spasms, isometric and respiratory gymnastics, as well as exercises of asymmetric gymnastics (the milestone of physical impact); application of psychophysiological component (the milestone of psychophysiological influence); introduction of a psychohygienic component (the milestone of psychohygienic correction) serves the basis for creating the foundation for activating positive changes in the peculiarities of psychophysiological and mental adaptation and characteristics of the quality of life of modern youth at educational institutions of various types.