SELF-REGULATION OF STUDENT YOUTH DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The empirical study presented was aimed at the identification of the mechanisms of regulatory violations among students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The features of protective strategies, personal characteristics and basic beliefs associated with a sense of security were studied. Two profiles of self-regulation are identified based on the indicators of the questionnaire “Style of self-regulation of behavior” by V. I. Morosanova. It was revealed that in the subjects with a low level of self-regulation, the concept of “safety” is connected in meaning with concepts directly and indirectly describing the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences. Low values of basic beliefs about self-worth, ineffective defensive strategies in the form of repression and regression, as well as high accuracy, perseverance and foresight were also found in this group. The semantic relationship between the concept of “security” and various manifestations of the pandemic was poorly expressed in the group of subjects with a high level of self-regulation. In this group, a developed system of basic beliefs about self-worth, effective defense mechanisms in the form of rationalization, low indicators of accuracy, foresight and perseverance were identified. The results of the study can be used to identify violations of self-regulation in a group of young people and their psychological correction in the context of global crises.