Psychological Risk Factors of the Neurotization of Adolescents under the Conditions of Quarantine Measures of the COVID-19 Epidemic

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https://doi.org/10.18662/brain/11.2Sup1/91

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neurotic disorders, adolescents, quarantine measures, the COVID-19 epidemic, individual psychological qualities

Abstract

The work analyzes the individual psychological factors that determine the risks of the neurotization of adolescents under the conditions of quarantine measures during the COVID-19 epidemic in order to improve psychoprophylactic correctional programs. Applying the neuroticism questionnaire by A. Kokoshkarova and Multifactor questionnaire by R. Cattell, an empirical examination of 152 adolescents between the ages of 15 and 17 showed that quarantine measures under pandemic conditions increase the risk of neurotic disorders of adolescents owing to a very similar constellation of changes in such individual psychological factors as forced isolation, emotional instability because of exhausting tension, anxiety and worry emerging from timidity. Hence, preventive and rehabilitative measures, aimed at reducing the risks of adolescents neurotization after the quarantine period in the face of an epidemiological threat should be focused primarily on increasing communication openness, emotional stability, social courage, self-confidence reducing anxiety and tension.

Author Biographies

Denys Aleksandrov, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

Doctor of psychology, associate professor,

Professor of the Department of Social Work

Ivan Okhrimenko, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine

Doctor in law, professor,

Professor of the Department of Legal Psychology, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine

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2020-09-04

How to Cite

Aleksandrov, D., & Okhrimenko, I. (2020). Psychological Risk Factors of the Neurotization of Adolescents under the Conditions of Quarantine Measures of the COVID-19 Epidemic. BRAIN. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, 11(2Sup1), 29-36. https://doi.org/10.18662/brain/11.2Sup1/91

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