scholarly journals Personal features and functional state of organism in railway power dispatchers

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 95-104
Author(s):  
V. V. Serikov ◽  
M. Yu. Rubtsov
Keyword(s):  
Stress Tolerance ◽  
Functional State ◽  
Chronic Fatigue ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Professional Stress ◽  
Successful Work ◽  
Status Assessment ◽  
Professional Capacity ◽  
Gender Features ◽  
Psychological Parameters

Objective. The work of railway power dispatchers requires high professionalism. Criteria of successful work are health status, level of psychoemotional tension and adaptability, situational functional status. Assessment of significance in providing professional capacity for work and determination of personal psychological characteristics is of special interest. The aim was to analyze the functional state of an organism and personal psychological parameters in railway power dispatchers so as to determine the possibility of their use as criteria for evaluating stress tolerance and capacity for work including gender features. Materials and methods. The studies on express diagnosis of functional state and individual psychological testing using the method of Cettells sixteen-factor personality questionnaire were implemented among 59 power dispatchers (36 men and 23 women; mean age 40.17 1.37years, record of service 13.4 1.3 years) Results. Express testing of functional state showed the presence of chronic fatigue, distress state and other unfavorable changes in the functional state. Statistically significant differences among the errors while implementing the task by men and women (p 0.05) demonstrate the deeper manifestations of professional stress in women power dispatchers. The obtained data regarding psychological characteristics of power dispatchers mainly satisfy the requirements for implementation of their duties including the tension of labor of class 3.2 regarding communicative and intellectual properties as well, but there was detected the risk for changed emotional and regulatory properties of a person connected, probably, with fatigue and overfatigue as manifestations of professional stress that can cause reduction of the capacity for work. Conclusions. There was demonstrated an adequacy of using the methods for assessment of functional state and psychological parameters of a person as additional criteria for estimation of stress tolerance and capacity for work including gender features.

Pilot study of office employee informational mental workload

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 866-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Zuev ◽  
M. M. Nekrasova ◽  
T. N. Vasiyleva
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Mental Workload ◽  
Chronic Fatigue ◽  
Professional Group ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Mental Load ◽  
Speed Of Information Processing ◽  
Professional Stress ◽  
Stress Fatigue

Introduction. Development of methodical base of information hygiene, systematization of data on levels of information loadings and degree of their influence on working conditions of workers is actual.The purpose of the study was to measure and evaluate the levels of information mental load of office workers, to study the patterns of development of adverse functional States in this professional group.Materials and methods. The pilot study included 25 employees of scientific and educational institutions aged 25 to 65 years. Measurement of information mental load of workers was carried out on the basis of a point assessment. Psychodiagnostics of performance of participants of research was carried out by means of a package of standard techniques. Heart rate telemetry was carried out in employees in the conditions of professional activity.Results. The integral indicator of information mental load of the studied professional group was 37.3±7.2 points and was in direct connection with the coefficient of comfort of the workplace (r=0.5, p=0.01). A reliable dependence of the speed of information processing on the length of work experience (r=0.71, p=0.0001) was also established. In the low-stress group, high indices of stress, fatigue, monotony were recorded in the workers, in the senior group — signs of chronic fatigue. The employees during the shift registered an increase in sympathetic activation.Conclusions. The results of the psychophysiological survey of employees indicate the need to regulate the information load, the development and implementation of preventive measures to reduce professional stress.

Psychological Characteristics of Swedish Mandatory Enlisted Soldiers Volunteering and Not Volunteering for International Missions: An Exploratory Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 678-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leif W. Rydstedt ◽  
Johan Österberg
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Stress Tolerance ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Demographic Differences ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Concern For Others ◽  
Enlisted Soldiers

The purpose of this study was to assess personality traits, psychological fitness, and hardiness among conscript soldiers volunteering for international missions ( n = 146), by comparing them with conscripts from the same year class and unit who did not apply for international missions ( n = 275). The sample consisted of all mandatory enlisted soldiers assigned to a supply and maintenance regiment. There were no demographic differences between the groups. The volunteers reported greater stress tolerance, concern for others, extraversion, and self-confidence than the non-volunteers. There were no differences between the groups in orderliness, temper instability, or independence. Volunteers repeatedly reported greater psychological fitness for military missions and greater hardiness over the period of military service compared to the non-volunteers.

Health-saving technologies as prevention of occupational risk of emotional burnout in mental workers

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 892-898
Author(s):  
T. N. Vasilyeva ◽  
I. V. Fedotova ◽  
M. A. Lebedeva ◽  
O. A. Chervyachkova
Keyword(s):  
Functional State ◽  
Chronic Fatigue ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Moderate Degree ◽  
Professional Burnout ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
Stress At Work

In many countries, burnout due to stress at work is recognized as a professionally related disease. Of great importance for its prevention is the introduction of health-saving technologies.The aim of the research was to assess the state of their psycho-emotional sphere, the adequacy of the methodological complex used for psychodiagnostics, and the effectiveness of short-term psychological assistance projects by means of socialadapting and personal-developing technologies on the example of 2 groups of typical representatives with intellectual type of professional activity.In the study, consisting of three stages, two groups of subjects took voluntary part: 13 methodologists of the University and 20 managers of a trading fi rm. The first stage of the study consisted in the initial psychodiagnostics of indicators of the emotional sphere and functional state of the subjects. Different versions of psychodiagnostic tools were developed for each group. The second stage consisted in development and approbation of projects of short-term psychological help to workers. At the third stage the analysis of indicators of emotional sphere at subjects before and after participation in projects is carried out. The results of the study were processed using the usual methods of variational statistics according to the program Statistica 12.0. Initial psychodiagnostics of the studied parameters of the subjects showed signs of professional burnout. In Methodists, this was manifested by a pronounced degree of chronic fatigue index, a decrease in efficiency, a moderate degree of mental and physical fatigue, maladaptation in stress. Managers are also diagnosed with a high risk of maladjustment in stress, low values of indicators of functional state. In the course of participation in psychopath projects, the subjects of both groups showed positive dynamics of indicators of the emotional sphere.The obtained data allow to recommend these projects of health saving programs for practical use. The tested complex of psychodiagnostic tests allows to reveal signs of professional burnout and to estimate efficiency of programs of psychopathology. For the prevention of burnout syndrome and the formation of stress resistance, it is advisable to create a culture of health conservation at each workplace.

scholarly journals Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Cognitive, Behavioural and Emotional Processing Vulnerability Factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha K. Brooks ◽  
Trudie Chalder ◽  
Katharine A. Rimes
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Chronic Fatigue ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Illness Onset ◽  
Fatigue Syndrome ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Current Characteristics

Background: Cognitive-behavioural models of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) suggest that personality factors such as perfectionism and high moral standards may contribute to the development of CFS. Aims: To investigate cognitive, behavioural and emotional processing risk factors for CFS. Method: CFS patients (n = 67) at a UK specialist clinic completed questionnaires about psychological characteristics both currently and retrospectively (6 months pre-CFS onset). Responses were compared with those of healthy individuals (n = 73) who rated their current characteristics. Forty-four relatives retrospectively rated the pre-morbid psychological characteristics of the CFS participants. Results: CFS patients showed similar levels of current perfectionism to controls, though higher pre-morbid perfectionism. CFS patients showed greater self-sacrificial beliefs and more unhelpful beliefs about experiencing and expressing negative emotions, both currently but more markedly prior to onset. In the 6 months pre-illness onset, CFS patients showed more disruption to their primary goal and greater general stress than controls. Ratings of pre-morbid psychological characteristics by relatives were consistent with patients’ self-reports. The extent of overinvestment in one goal was significantly associated with fatigue. Conclusions: Perfectionism, self-sacrificial tendencies, unhelpful beliefs about emotions, and perceived stress may be present to a greater extent pre-morbidly in CFS patients compared with healthy individuals.

scholarly journals Influence of individual psychological features on the functional state of aviation specialists in conditions of hypobaric hypoxia

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-66
Author(s):  
Аndrey A. Blaginin ◽  
Maxim V. Kaltygin ◽  
Oleg V. Kotov ◽  
Sergey N. Sinelnikov ◽  
Ruslan A. Dzankisov
Keyword(s):  
Functional State ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Hypobaric Hypoxia ◽  
Critical Frequency ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Physiological Parameters ◽  
The Body ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Functional Changes ◽  
Arterial Blood

The study is devoted to the study of the influence of individual psychological characteristics of the personality of aviation specialists on the tolerability of moderate degrees of hypobaric hypoxia, simulated in a pressure chamber. The study included the assessment of physiological parameters (blood pressure, heart rate, arterial blood saturation, Roufier index) and psychophysiological indicators (critical frequency of light flickering fusion, complex sensorimotor response, indicators of subjective assessment of the state (SAN test)) depending on the level of neuroticism, extroversion and personal anxiety level. As a result of the study, it was found that the functional state of the body of subjects with high levels of neuroticism in hypobaric hypoxia changes significantly than in subjects with low levels of neuroticism, which is confirmed by a more pronounced decrease in health, activity and mood by 17.5% (p 0.01), 16.9% (p 0.05) and 9% (p 0.01), respectively, an increase in the time of complex sensorimotor response by 12.6% (p 0.01), as well as more pronounced functional changes in the cardiovascular system. It was revealed that changes in some physiological parameters in extroverts had a large negative dynamics in hypoxia, so the increase in the Roufier index in the group of introverts at 30, 60 minutes and after the rise by 97.3%, 98.6% and 15.1%, respectively, against an increase of 118.2%, 123.6% and 16.4% in the group of extroverts was revealed. In the group of extroverts, an increase in the time of complex sensorimotor response after the end of the study was found by 8.0% (p 0.05), an increase in critical frequency of light flickering fusion compared to the indicators obtained before the rise by 5.2% (p 0.05). It is established that the functional status of subjects with high levels of trait anxiety had a more pronounced negative trend in terms of the effects of hypobaric hypoxia, which is confirmed by a significant higher values of the Roufier index in groups with high levels of trait anxiety, with the background study, 30th, 60th minute and after rising; extending the time complex sensorimotor response to 45 minute 6.1% (p 0.05), and after altitude study by 9.5% (p 0.01); by the 40th minute of stay in the hyperbaric chamber the indicators of well-being decreased by 20.3% (p 0.01), activity by 18.8% (p 0.05) and mood by 13.7% (p 0.01). Thus, it was shown that in assessing the tolerability of moderate degrees of hypoxia, it is necessary to take into account the dependence of changes in the functional state of the organism on individual psychological characteristics.

scholarly journals The influence of individual psychological characteristics on the eating behavior of the population in a gender, age and social context

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-75
Author(s):  
Larisa A. Proskuryakova ◽  
E.N. Lobykina
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Stress Tolerance ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Personal Anxiety

Studying the dependence of eating disorders with several factors at the same time will reveal the target population groups that have the highest risk of developing these disorders, work with which will allow more efficient use of various methods of its correction. Purpose: to identify risk groups for the development of eating disorders depending on the individual psychological characteristics of the population, taking into account age and sex and social characteristics. Material and methods. 688 people aged 18 to 70 years were surveyed, individually-psychological characteristics, eating disorders were diagnosed. The relationship of eating disorders with age and gender, social and individual psychological characteristics was carried out by one-dimensional and multidimensional analysis. Results. It was showed that among the respondents 33% of sanguine people, 49% had a high level of personal anxiety, 49% had moderate stress tolerance, a tendency to develop emotional (1.9 ± 0.9) and restrictive (2.5 ± 1.0) types of eating behavior was also noted. Taking into account one-dimensional and multi-dimensional analyzes, the risk groups for developing eating disorders are: restrictive - women older than 28 years old inclusive with choleric temperament; emotiogenic - single respondents with low and high levels of anxiety; external - married men with a low level of stress tolerance and women with increased personal anxiety. Conclusions. The considered individual psychological characteristics of the population are associated with the types of EB disturbances with a combination of several parameters. The results indicate a possible risk of developing eating disorders in the population in the context of their individual psychological characteristics, age, sex and social characteristics, which can be used in targeted counseling and preventive work with the population by developing a specialized program for correcting eating behavior for each risk group.

Evaluation of the functional state of operators with allowance for individual psychological characteristics

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
A. A. Blaginin ◽  
S. N. Sinelnikov ◽  
S. V. Smolyaninova
Keyword(s):  
Functional State ◽  
Psychological Characteristics
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