Features of anxiety, vegetative manifestations and adaptation of children of elementary school at different cognitive level of development

Abstract

Purpose. To study the features of the nature and level of anxiety, vegetative manifestations and adaptation of primary school students with different cognitive development.

Material and methods. The research group consisted of 631 children from secondary schools in Rostov-on-Don and Lugansk. Depending on the cognitive development, the children were divided into 2 groups; the main group was made up of highly intelligent schoolchildren. The study evaluated the features of school anxiety manifestations (according to Beeman N. Phillips questionnaire), autonomic disorders and adaptive potential depending on the level of IQ.

Results. The data analysis showed that younger schoolchildren with high cognitive development showed higher school anxiety, which prevailed in the fourth grade, combined with the stress of adaptation mechanisms. Highly intelligent children are significantly more likely to have autonomic disorders.

Conclusion. The revealed features of adaptive mechanisms that are closely related to psycho-autonomic disorders in highly intellectual children require the development and implementation of preventive measures in educational institutions.

Keywords

primary school children / anxiety / adaptation / cognitive development

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