Space Weather and Its Impact on Psycho-Emotional State of the Inhabitants of Different Latitudes
Purpose of the research was to conduct a comparative analysis of the psychological characteristics of the inhabitants of the northern and middle latitudes, depending on their psychological sensitivity to changes in geomagnetic disturbances Materials and Methods: The study included 78 relatively heal...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5ef3c74419e1432083fcee36174ae688 2023-05-15T18:33:05+02:00 Space Weather and Its Impact on Psycho-Emotional State of the Inhabitants of Different Latitudes A. I. Kodochigova S. S. Parshina S. N. Samsonov K. O. Belousova P. G. Petrova A. A. Strekalovskaya E. S. Olenko D. Z. Psanukova T. N. Afanasyeva 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.21103/Article8(4)_OA8 https://doaj.org/article/5ef3c74419e1432083fcee36174ae688 EN eng International Medical Research and Development Corporation http://ijbm.org/articles/IJBM_8(4)_OA_8.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/2158-0510 https://doaj.org/toc/2158-0529 doi:10.21103/Article8(4)_OA8 2158-0510 2158-0529 https://doaj.org/article/5ef3c74419e1432083fcee36174ae688 International Journal of Biomedicine, Vol 8, Iss 4, Pp 311-316 (2018) heliogeomagnetic factors anxiety coping behavior psychological sensitivity multi-latitude monitoring Medicine R article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.21103/Article8(4)_OA8 2022-12-31T08:48:17Z Purpose of the research was to conduct a comparative analysis of the psychological characteristics of the inhabitants of the northern and middle latitudes, depending on their psychological sensitivity to changes in geomagnetic disturbances Materials and Methods: The study included 78 relatively healthy volunteers (women and men, the average age of 44.2[36.7; 54.3] years) living in the polar (Tiksi), subpolar (Yakutsk) and middle (Saratov) latitudes. Monitoring of the studied indicators was carried out during March and April 2016. To achieve this goal, the following methods were used: the Spielberger-Khanin scale for reactive (situational) and personal anxiety; E. Heim's technique for revealing individual coping strategies; the projective psycho-geometric test. Every day, during March and April 2016, the Kp-index, an integral indicator of changing geomagnetic disturbance was used. Depending on the identified matches, the peak values of the reactive anxiety by Spielberger-Khanin and Kp-index (not less than 60% of cases), all volunteers were divided into 2 groups. Group 1 included persons with similar overlap and, therefore, carriers of psychological sensitivity to changes in the action of heliogeomagnetic factors. Group 2 included persons without a specified sensitivity, (i.e., no coincidences). Results: In the course of the study, both coinciding and latitude-related differences in the psychological characteristics of different groups of volunteers were established. In the inhabitants of the polar and subpolar latitudes, especially in Group 1, the behavioral sphere was the most vulnerable (no constructive coping strategies). In addition, their changes in the emotional sphere contributed to the manifestation of aggressiveness and suppression of emotions against the background of general concentration, purposefulness and integrity of the individual. Regardless of the latitude of residence, volunteers, psychologically sensitive to changes in heliogeomagnetic factors, were more constructive in the emotional sphere, ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Tiksi Yakutsk Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Yakutsk Tiksi ENVELOPE(128.867,128.867,71.633,71.633) International Journal of Biomedicine 8 4 311 316 |
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Purpose of the research was to conduct a comparative analysis of the psychological characteristics of the inhabitants of the northern and middle latitudes, depending on their psychological sensitivity to changes in geomagnetic disturbances Materials and Methods: The study included 78 relatively healthy volunteers (women and men, the average age of 44.2[36.7; 54.3] years) living in the polar (Tiksi), subpolar (Yakutsk) and middle (Saratov) latitudes. Monitoring of the studied indicators was carried out during March and April 2016. To achieve this goal, the following methods were used: the Spielberger-Khanin scale for reactive (situational) and personal anxiety; E. Heim's technique for revealing individual coping strategies; the projective psycho-geometric test. Every day, during March and April 2016, the Kp-index, an integral indicator of changing geomagnetic disturbance was used. Depending on the identified matches, the peak values of the reactive anxiety by Spielberger-Khanin and Kp-index (not less than 60% of cases), all volunteers were divided into 2 groups. Group 1 included persons with similar overlap and, therefore, carriers of psychological sensitivity to changes in the action of heliogeomagnetic factors. Group 2 included persons without a specified sensitivity, (i.e., no coincidences). Results: In the course of the study, both coinciding and latitude-related differences in the psychological characteristics of different groups of volunteers were established. In the inhabitants of the polar and subpolar latitudes, especially in Group 1, the behavioral sphere was the most vulnerable (no constructive coping strategies). In addition, their changes in the emotional sphere contributed to the manifestation of aggressiveness and suppression of emotions against the background of general concentration, purposefulness and integrity of the individual. Regardless of the latitude of residence, volunteers, psychologically sensitive to changes in heliogeomagnetic factors, were more constructive in the emotional sphere, ... |
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Space Weather and Its Impact on Psycho-Emotional State of the Inhabitants of Different Latitudes |
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