SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR OF MODERN YOUTH IN THE ERA OF THE PANDEMIC

The article considers the impact of the pandemic on the psychological state of modern boys and girls, in particular, the impact of forced restrictions on the psycho-emotional state and potential suicidal behavior. The results of a diagnostic study of suicidal risks in modern youth in the era of the pandemic are presented. The characteristic of the concepts of suicide and suicidal behavior is given. Studies of suicidal behavior types, factors that can lead to this non-constructive behavior are analyzed. It is noted that impossibility to realie the need for social contacts that is significant for young people can provoke the appearance of a depressive state, which in its extreme manifestations can lead to suicide. The data presented in this article allow us to conclude that the following factors are characteristic boys and girls who have a high level of suicidal risk: high emotionality and inability to control their emotional state, while boys and girls of this group perceive the world in a hostile way. But at the same time they are not able to plan constructively their future, and they have not recorded the presence of restraining factors in the form of a sense of duty to relatives and friends, or fear of death. The opposite results were obtained in the group of boys and girls with an average level of suicide risk. Thus, it can be concluded that modern young people are not adapted to dramatically changing conditions and it is this maladjustment that can provoke suicide, especially in a pandemic situation.