Luscher Test Research Articles

Projective Psychological Tests from the Point of View of Neural Network Theory of Society

It is shown that the issues raised by the international expert community in the discussion regarding the legality of using projective techniques (in particular, tests such as the Luscher test, the Szondi test and the Dellinger test) can be resolved on the basis of an adequate interpretation of the concept of “archetype” and an analogy with neural networks. At the same time, the interpretation of the concept “archetype” is based on the neural network theory of society, which allows us to remove the difficulties that arise with the traditional interpretation of this concept. It is shown that there is an equivalent scheme for the testing procedure, in which the testing itself can be reduced to the functioning of the external (output) layer of the general neural network, which also includes a neural network formed by the human brain. This approach makes it possible to remove many of the criticisms put forward against the use of projective techniques (even declaring them pseudoscientific), but it implies a significant change in existing approaches to the interpretation of results obtained when using tests of the type in question. Namely, within the framework of the proposed approach, not every possible combination of images on which the test is built makes sense. Such a meaning can be given only to some of them, specifically to those that are most often encountered in experiments. Such combinations, which can be interpreted as basic, are interpreted on the basis of an analogy with images recognized by a neural network. The remaining combinations are treated as images containing errors; they are reduced to the basic ones based on an analogy with the methods used in constructing error-resistant codes.

Особливості прояву психоемоційного стану висококваліфікованих борців із урахуванням статевого диморфізму

Purpose: the manifestation of psycho-emotional state in elite wrestlers with taking into account of sexually dimorphism. Material and methods. 24 elite females athletes and 33 elite males athletes specializing in freestyle wrestling were examined. All athletes were members of the Ukrainian National Team. Mental states were studied using the Luscher test. Stress resistance was studied using the «Stress test» method. All tests used, including the hardware-software complex «Multipsychometr-05». Results: based on the analysis of scientific and methodological literature, it was determined that modern sports wrestling is characterized by a high level of physical and psycho-emotional stress of the athlete in the conditions of competitive activity, and the study of the psycho-emotional state is an important issue for building a training system. The presence of sexual dimorphism with the manifestation of a psycho-emotional state in elite wrestlers has been established. It has been found that due to mental anxiety, male wrestlers have higher values of mental fatigue and internal discomfort compared to female wrestlers. This fact indicates a connection between anxiety as a pre-stress condition that causes fatigue and mental discomfort. At the same time, a higher level of stress resistance was found in men compared to women. The results indicate that a higher level of stress resistance in men is due to a slower impulsivity. In women, a decrease in stress resistance is compensated by an increase in impulsivity. The presence of lower absolute values of the vegetative coefficient in women compared to men was revealed, which indicates a reduced level of tension of vegetative regulation, and, above all, activation of the sympathetic link of the autonomic nervous system. Conclusions. The presence of sexual dimorphism in the manifestation of the psychoemotional state among highly skilled wrestlers has been established. It was found that the presence of mental fatigue and anxiety in male wrestlers leads to emotional discomfort. A higher level of stress resistance was found in male wrestlers compared to female wrestlers. Stress resistance is formed in women by adaptive behavior, tension of the autonomic nervous system regulation and the balance of emotions. In men, stress resistance is ensured by mental focus. Keywords: wrestling, highly skilled, sexual dimorphism, psycho-emotional state, stress resistance.

Functional states in shift personnel at an oil exploration enterprise in the southeast of the Russian Federation

Introduction. Work in oil and gas exploration is intense, carried out on a shift (fly-in-fly-out) basis in the open air with alternating day and night shifts. 
 The analysis of the studies revealed the lack of information regarding the trend in the functional states of workers with different shift modes.
 Materials and methods. The study involved fifty eight shift workers at an oil exploration enterprise in the southeast of the Russian Federation with a 30 days shift period. 
 The study aim was to identify and describe the features of the trend in functional states in shift personnel at an oil exploration enterprise in the southeast of the Russian Federation with various work and rest regimes. To solve the tasks set, daily the functional states’ monitoring in morning and evening by workers was carried out using objective hardware (VCM, CVMR) and subjective (WAM, M. Luscher test) methods. Statistical methods are multivariate analysis of variance and descriptive statistics.
 Results. The features of trend in objective and subjective parameters of the functional states in the shift personnel at an oil exploration enterprise in the southeast of the Russian Federation with various work and rest regimes are revealed: 30D, 15D / 15N and 15N / 15D. It has been established that the personnel at an oil exploration enterprise with a work regime of 15D/15N is characterized by a greater severity of unfavourable functional states by the end of the shift period. 
 Limitations. The study limitations are the small sample size, which is due to the study being carried out at one site with the inclusion of the maximum number of workers located at the facility during the expedition. Workers with work regimes 15D/15N and 15N/15D differed in functional duties from the group of employees with work regime 30D. 
 Conclusion. The results and conclusions obtained make it possible to expand knowledge about the changes in the workers’ states at oil and gas producing enterprises with different shift regimes during the shift period and develop practical recommendations for their optimization.

Universal System of Tripling Periods for the Eye Is the Way to the “Logarithmic” Treatment of Neurological Diseases with Modern Lighting Technologies

Previously, the pattern of evolutionary adjustment of photodetectors of the human retina to the frequencies of the UPTS (the so-called universal period-tripling system) was phenomenologically established. The period tripling effect is a new direction in the study of complex systems. In these papers, it was established that the UPTS is a characteristic of a wide class of natural fractal systems described, in particular, by complex cubic mappings. In this work, taking into account the fact that both vision and the processing of visual information by the brain work based on the principles of UPTS, a fundamental frequency, dynamic model of the mechanism of the eye-vision system is constructed, generalizing experimental and theoretical data on the fractal dynamics of the brain in normal and neurological diseases. Data on the Luscher test, on MRI and slow EEG waves, neuro-hormones, photooxy-therapy of brain diseases allow us to establish a new paradigm of lighting technology for health-friendly lighting and ways of a new successful therapeutic effect on Pacrkinson’s disease, effects of traumatic brain injury, stroke, schizophrenia, psychopathy, neurosis. In this case, the lighting scheme requires the simultaneous observance of five rows of rankings of lighting parameters: by frequencies (1), according to the combination of frequencies, and the dynamics of the presentation of combinations (2), by colour perception errors (3), according to the patient’s refusals determine the colours (4), according to the fractal laws of the frequencies of vision and the brain (5). The universality of period-tripling system gives new ways to the principles of lighting engineering and photo-medicine.

Features of the psychoemotional state of pregnant women with different types of infertility in history

The objective: to study the features of the psycho-emotional state of pregnant women with different types of infertility in the anamnesis.Materials and methods. A study of psycho-emotional status in 127 pregnant women 20–49 years old, of which 97 women had a history of different forms of infertility and 30 pregnant women without a history of infertility, was carried out. The distribution of pregnant women into the groups was based according to the factor of infertility: I group included 35 pregnant women with a history of endocrine infertility, II group – 37 persons with a history of tubal origin infertility, III group – 25 pregnant women with a history of combined infertility (tubal and endocrine factors), IV group (control group) – 30 healthy pregnant women who had no history of infertility.L. Reeder psychosocial stress scale and Luscher color test were used to assess the psycho-emotional state.Results. The obtained data of L. Reeder psychosocial stress scale demonstrated that that in the I group the high level of psychosocial stress was found in 34.3 % of pregnant women, the moderate level – 37.1 % persons, in the II group – in 29.7 % and 37, 8 % individuals, respectively, in the III group – 56 % and 24 %, in the IV group – 6.7 % and 10 %. The results of the Luscher color test showed that high level of anxiety had 57.1 % in the I group, 59.5 % – in the II group, 68% – III group, and, 6.7 % – IV group. The indicators of pregnant women of groups I, II, III are marked by a high percentage of the 6th-8th positions – 57.1 %, 59.5 % and 68 % versus 6.7% of the persons in the IV group. This indicates a high level of anxiety in the patients with a history of infertility. Only 15 % of women in the I and II groups and 8 % – in the III group feel confident.The results of the Luscher test presented the highest number of women with the highest score of anxiety in the III group (68 %), which is 7 times more than in the IV one; 93.3 % of patients in the IV group had low and moderate levels of anxiety.Conclusions. Pregnant women with a history of infertility are in the group with a high level of anxiety and markedly unstable psycho-emotional state. The highest levels of psycho-emotional disorders are determined in women with a history of combined infertility.

Influence of psychological characteristics of military services on the features of adaptation to the conditions of the Far North

The aim of the study: to consider the main personality types, indicators of personal and situational anxiety in military personnel of fixed-term and contractual service, depending on the duration of their stay in the Arctic region, and also to assess the influence of the psychological characteristics of military personnel on the processes of adaptation to the conditions of the Far North.Materials and methods. Psychological testing was carried out on 249 male servicemen aged 18-31 years (average age 21.5±4.8 years) who served in the Far North (158 people) and in the Western Military District (91 people). Testing was carried out at the beginning of the service, as well as 6 months after the start of service in various regions. To study personality typology, the Abbreviated Multifactorial Questionnaire for Personality Research (SMOL) and the Luscher test were used, and the Spielberger-Khanin test was used to assess personal and situational anxiety.Results and discussion. The survey showed predominantly asthenoneurotic and epileptoid-excitable personality types among conscripts, which was combined with high rates of personal and situational anxiety. The six-month period of service in the Far North for conscripts was not accompanied by a significant decrease in situational anxiety, which may indicate a low potential for psychological adaptation to the harsh conditions of service in the polar latitudes. And, on the contrary, among contract servicemen, a 6-month service in the Arctic led to an almost complete return of the indicators of situational anxiety to the values of a temperate climate. Thus, the preferential direction for service in the Arctic for contract servicemen will speed up the adaptation process. To assess the dynamics of situational anxiety during service in the Arctic region, it is justified to conduct psychological testing with a frequency of 6 months, which will identify servicemen with low adaptive potential.

Análisis del aspecto educativo-artístico de Claudio Vásquez a través de la psicología del color en once pinturas de su creación en el periodo de 1987 a 1994

El objeto de esta investigación fue analizar —con base en la psicología del color— el aspecto educativo-artístico de 11 pinturas creadas por Claudio Vásquez entre 1987 y 1994. Para cumplir con este objetivo, en primera instancia, se aplicaron elementos del test de Lüscher (1982) a cada una de las pinturas para después generar un análisis y una conclusión. Esta investigación procuró descubrir el qué de las situaciones, ya que se utilizó la técnica de análisis para determinar un objeto de exploración o una situación concreta para señalar sus características y propiedades. Como conclusión se puede indicar que en las obras estudiadas sobresalen los colores verde y azul, lo que muestra aspectos educativos de Claudio Vásquez que se asocian con una adecuada sensibilidad y comprensión, lo cual influye en una autoestima alta. Asimismo, tiende a buscar cosas nuevas que le den satisfacción, pero que no traigan consigo incomodidad o perturbación en lo corporal.

КОЛОРИСТИКА ЯК ІНСТРУМЕНТ ТЕОРЕТИКО-ЕМПІРИЧНИХ ДОСЛІДЖЕНЬ КОНФЛІКТІВ

The current situation in Ukraine is quite difficult: the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict has been going on for eight years, systemic shifts and changes are taking place in society, cardinal reassessment of values and production of qualitatively new socio-cultural paradigms are taking place. In these conditions, various conflicts intensify: interpersonal, intergroup, interparty, and so on. The Ukrainian military, which took part in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) and the Joint Forces Operation (JFO), needs quality treatment, restoration of lost functions, social, physical and psychological rehabilitation and return to full life. The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of coloristics as a tool of theoretical and empirical research of conflicts of any level. It is proved that a person's perception of different colors depends on the emotional state, as well as attachment to one some colors, indifference to the second colors and the rejection of the third colors. The study allows us to conclude that color is a basic component and attribute of the culture of any community. Colors are associated with an extremely diverse system of associations, images, meanings, meanings, symbols, which are carriers of information about traditions, mentality, ethnic picture of the world, national character, national image of the world of different peoples. The study identified the important role of color in the study of conflict of both individual and collective actors. The research with the use of M. Luscher's color test in which individual and collective laws of conflict of various spheres of life in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian interstate armed conflict were revealed is analyzed. M. Luscher's color test is a unique "early warning system" for conflicts and stressful situations at an early stage of their deployment. This test also provides additional information for psychotherapeutic work with patients, allowing to identify the compensatory capabilities of the subjects. The conflictizational dimension of the M. Luscher test is extremely important for the psychological rehabilitation of ATO and OOS veterans, as it can detect pre-conflict, conflict and postconflict states of subjects.

The functional state of physically gifted preschoolers with high aerobic capacity

The study aims to identify the features of the functional state of physically gifted children 5-6 years old with a high level of development of aerobic capacity under conditions of cognitive loads performed at different speeds. The authors used tests based on Anfimov’s letter tables as models of intense cognitive load. The examination was carried out at rest and while working at a comfortable speed and the maximal possible speed. Based on the results of the tasks, the speed and productivity of work, indicators of the psychophysiological cost of activity were calculated. Using the Luscher test, the level of situational anxiety was assessed and the coefficient of autonomic tone was determined. To diagnose the emotional state, the Lutoshkin technique was used. The tension of the systems of autonomous and central regulation of physiological functions was measured based on temporal analysis of the heart rhythm. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pulse and mean pressure, double product, Kerdo vegetative index, Myznikov index, and functional changes index were also calculated. A complex indicator of the development of aerobic capacity was found, taking into account the power, capacity, and efficiency of an aerobic source of energy supply to muscles. Based on the sigma scale, 7 gradations for assessing the development of aerobic abilities were identified, namely, very low, low, below average, average, above average, high, very high (above M + 2.0σ). The results obtained show that psychophysiological changes in the functional state during intense cognitive load in children aged 5-6 years largely depend on the development of aerobic capacity. It was found that physically gifted preschoolers with a high level of development of aerobic capacity were distinguished by optimally reduced activity during a calm wakeful state and less pronounced psychophysiological reactivity in conditions of intense cognitive load. They were characterized by increased efficiency of activity and its low psychophysiological cost in combination with increased adaptive potential of the organism.

Психофизиологические корреляты продуктивности произвольного внимания студентов

The psychophysiological correlates of the productivity of students' voluntary attention were investigated. It is shown that a group of students with an average level of productivity of voluntary attention have optimal indicators of heart rate variability. The proportion of persons with normal reactivity in response to the ortho test is significantly higher in them than in students with low indicators of the productivity of voluntary attention. In the group of students with low attention productivity, these indicators differ significantly from the norm. The results of monitoring the current state of students using the Luscher test showed that the balance of the processes of excitation and inhibition in the nervous system of the examined students and the indicators of their mental state have unsatisfactory dynamics. To correct the identified violations, it is proposed to use adaptive riding. Conditions have been created for training specialists in adaptive riding at the Faculty of Bioengineering and Veterinary Medicine of the DSTU.

Оценка психологического состояния и ресурсов совладающего поведения обучающихся образовательной организации МВД России в условиях самоизоляции

Introduction. The paper examines the emotional sphere of students of the educational organization of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia in conditions of self-isolation. At the same time, the phenomenon of self-isolation is considered from the point of view of the impact on the subject of both stress factors and the situation of partial, including social, deprivation. It is the complexity of such an impact that caused the relevance of the study. Purpose of research. Study of dynamics of changes in States and resources of coping behavior in the process of self-isolation of students of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia. Method of research. The structure of the research methods was included Luscher test, CHOICE ln. Sobchik, the questionnaire of the current emotional state (SUPOS-8), method of multivariate study of personality by R. Cattell (form C) questionnaire IHC Plutchik R., Kellerman H., questionnaire (SACS) S. Hobfoll. The main results of the research. the research process identified the key indicators in the structure of the emotional sphere of students as a primary indicator of personal change, the main quality parameters of these changes included the increase of General dissatisfaction, of pessimism, apathy, powerlessness, resentment of life, relaxation, anxiety levels and fears on the background of General decrease of parameters of motivation. The specificity of transformation of the system of protective reactions during the quarantine period from 1 month to 1.5 months is shown. Conclusion. The conclusion is made about the forms of correctional work that can stabilize emotional States at a comfortable level for continuing education.

Захист інформаційних систем за допомогою використання методів автентифікації

Each institution and enterprise has communication and technological systems, the protection of which is one of the important tasks to keep them in an efficient and functional condition. Failure of one of the systems can lead to collapse, namely: loss of air communications or loss of control over the banking system. So, critical information infrastructure facilities of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine may be exposed to the same risks, considering the Ukrainian conflict in eastern Ukraine with Russia.In order to prevent illegal actions over the Information Systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the seizure of information contained on servers or computers and to prevent unauthorized access, systems with authentication and user identification procedures should be used.Currently, depending on the number of user authentication methods, there is single-factor and multi-factor authentication is used. Multifactor authentication is increasingly displacing one-factor authentication, which is justified by the difficulty of an attacker obtaining two or three keys from the Information System at once but biometric authenticator will be more difficult to counterfeit. The use of any password or authentication devices along with the uniqueness of each person's appearance makes it possible to create the best protection for information systems.The method of user authentication using the Luscher test is promising for use when logging in and maximizing its protection, using only human’s characteristics. Further work will be focused to the creation an algorithm for entering the system using the Luscher test and the possibility use to use this method in practice.

Psychocorrection of psychic and psychopathological disorders in rheumatologic pathology

Rheumatic pathology is one of the most actual and disabling problems of modern medicine that adversely affects physical function and significantly reduces the patients’ quality of life. Aim. To develop a psychocorrection complex for disorders, based on system analysis of clinical, psychic and psychopathological features of patients with rheumatologic pathology. Materials and methods. A total of 124 persons were examined, the average age was 39.5 years; 99 patients with rheumatologic pathology were included in the main group in randomization period. The first group included 48 patients with acute/chronic rheumatic fever (R), and the second group included 51 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). 25 patients with rheumatologic pathology had no mental disorders, so they were not randomized. Clinical and pathopsychological methods were used to identify different levels of psychopathology according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision. Psychodiagnostic methods were used to study patients’ psychopathological characteristics: the M. Luscher test – to study and evaluate the patients’ individual and emotional state (Sobchik L., 2002); color test of relationships – to study the emotional components of patient's attitude towards significant others and oneself, based on the test of color selection of M. Luscher (Bazhin E. F, Etkind A. M, 1985); the Cattell questionnaire – to identify the individual characteristics (16 PF, form A), the self-esteem scale of T. Dembo and S. J. Rubinstein (Bleyher V. M, Crook I. V, 1986) – for the assessment of critical thinking skills. Individual psychocorrection complexes included the Jacobson’s muscle relaxation methods and autogenic training, self-regulation techniques, emotional relaxation, attention switching. Results. The features of psychopathological symptoms were revealed depending on the patients’ age and duration of pathological process. The psychopathological states were studied according to the following headings of the ICD-10: organic asthenic disorder, agoraphobia, mild cognitive disorder, organic personality disorder, mixed anxiety-depression disorder, adjustment disorder, other responses to severe stress, somatoform disorder, neurasthenia, chronic pain syndrome associated with significant psychosocial dysfunction. Psychopathological components of such disorders as emotional-affective including patient's emotional attitude towards significant others and the somatic disease, as well as a personality structure and self-esteem were examined. Based on the clinical, psychic and psychopathological features obtained, the diagnostic and psychocorrection system for the defined psychological and psychic disorders was developed so as to normalize the emotional-affective and cognitive states as well as behavioral problems and personality traits in patients with rheumatologic pathology. Conclusions. In all the patients with rheumatologic pathology, the features of psychic and psychopathological changes associated with the nosology have been revealed. Performing the psychocorrection training sessions with the adaptive skills development has helped to reduce the existing psychological problems severity in the majority of patients (68.0 % of cases). The significant influence of psychocorrection on the psychic and somatic condition has been observed both in improving the patients’ health and lowering the mental disorders severity. The effectiveness of follow-up correction has been confirmed in 76.0 % of patients, a significant improvement – in 28.0 % and a moderate improvement – in 48.0 % of patients.

Hospital clownery – entertainment or treatment? History of development and experience

The article discusses one of the areas of psychological rehabilitation of children in a hospital hospital clowns. The theoretical and practical prerequisites of the history of the development of hospital clownery both abroad and in the Russian Federation are shown. The results of studies of the effectiveness of the impact of hospital clownery and laughter therapy on the emotional state of children and their parents, in particular on the experience of anxiety and fears in the postoperative period, as well as on the severity of pain during medical manipulations such as venipuncture, allergy tests and radionuclide scanning are presented. The results of a qualitative analysis of the authors empirical research of 133 children and 65 parents are presented. The aim of the research was to study the effect of hospital clownery on the emotional state of children resulting from hospitalization and treatment received (painful manipulations, surgical intervention). Subjective assessments by children and parents of their psycho-emotional state were recorded using questionnaires. The projective method was also used the Luscher Test. The results of a qualitative analysis demonstrated a subjective sensation of an improvement in the psychoemotional state in 97% of children and in 92% of parents (improving mood, decreasing of anxiety and fears). 67% of children noted a weakening of the pain syndrome. Thus, the authors have confirmed by their own research the positive effect of hospital clownery on childrens health. The presented review clearly demonstrates the feasibility of expanding the use of this method in childrens hospitals of various profiles.

FRI0632-HPR PSYCHOLOGICAL PARTICULIARITIES OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM MONOGENIC AUTO-INFLAMMATORY DISEASES.

Background:Monogenic auto-inflammatory diseases (mAID) are a group of severe chronic multisystemic diseases with recurring episodes of fever and other manifestations that significantly affect the patients’ life quality. Moreover, the hyper expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL1β, etc.) observed in these patients may have a negative effect on the central nervous system.Objectives:to study the state of the cognitive and emotional spheres in children suffering from monogenic auto-inflammatory diseases.Methods:there were examined 22 children at the age of 7 to 17 years old diagnosed with CAPS-9, TRAPS-8, FMF-5. Among them there were 12 boys and 10 girls. The diagnosis in all the patients was confirmed through detection of pathogenic mutations in the NLRP3, TNFRSF1A and MEFV genes. The following methods were used: a clinical conversation; memory diagnostics (learning by heart of 10 words, a pictogram using cues taking into account the patients’ age); attention diagnostics (Schulte tables); thinking diagnostics (establishing a sequence of events, “four is a crwod”, simple analogies, interpretation of proverbs); emotional and communicative fields (the Eight-Color Luscher Test; CMAS (adaptation by A. Prikhozhan); STAI test, a drawing called “an animal that does not exist” and “a house-a tree-a man”).Results:The memory study revealed in all patients with TRAPS and FMF high and medium values of short-term and long-term memory, in patients with CAPS - a low level of short-term auditory-speech memory, information storage and indirect memorization in 1/3 of patients. In 100% of the examined patients with TRAPS, a significant decrease in all processes of attention and distribution of attention. In 1/3 of patients with CAPS, an increased exhaustion of attention was registered and in 11% - a decrease in its stability. In patients with FMF, attention disorders were not detected. In 44% of patients with CAPS, a decrease in the level of generalization and difficulties in establishing causal relationships were registered. In 25% of patients with TRAPS a decrease in the level of generalization, in 12.5%- difficulties in establishing cause-effect relationships, inertia of thinking in 37.5%. In 60% of patients with FMF: a decrease in the level of generalization, in 80%: difficulties in establishing cause-effect relationships, inertia of thinking in 20%. In the emotional sphere, patients with CAPS, TRAPS, and FMF demonstrated signs of aggression (11.1%, 20% and 20% of patients, respectively), communicative disorders (77.8% -80% - 80%), and reduced social adaptation (55.5% - 80% - 80%), a tendency to form neurotic fears (22% - 40% - 40%). A high level of personal anxiety was noted in 1/3 of patients with CAPS and 40% of patients with FMF.Conclusion:various psychological disorders in the cognitive and emotional fields were noted in the majority of the examined patients with monogenic auto-inflammatory diseases. In patients with TRAPS, attention processes are most significantly affected; in patients with CAPS, memory is more often affected. In patients with FMF, disorders in thinking processes are revealed more often. In the emotional sphere, most patients with all the three forms of AID note communicative disorders and social adaptation.Disclosure of Interests:None declared

РОЛЬ КОЛОРИСТИКИ У ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯХ КОНФЛІКТНОСТІ

The current situation in Ukraine is quite difficult: the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict has been going on for seven years, systemic shifts and changes are taking place in society, cardinal reassessment of values and production of qualitatively new socio-cultural paradigms are taking place. In these conditions, various conflicts intensify: interpersonal, intergroup, interparty, and so on. The Ukrainian military, which took part in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) and the Joint Forces Operation (JFO), needs quality treatment, restoration of lost functions, social, physical and psychological rehabilitation and return to full life. The paper is concerned with the study of peculiarities of colors choice by veterans of the Anti-Terrorist Operation and the Joint Forces Operation. It is proved that a person's perception of different colors depends on the emotional state, as well as attachment to one some colors, indifference to the second colors and the rejection of the third colors. The study allows us to conclude that color is a basic component and attribute of the culture of any community. Colors are associated with an extremely diverse system of associations, images, meanings, meanings, symbols, which are carriers of information about traditions, mentality, ethnic picture of the world, national character, national image of the world of different peoples. The study identified the important role of color in the study of conflict of both individual and collective actors. Our proposed scheme for the formation of the diagnostic function of colors: reflection – state – categorization – representation – knowledge – attitude – use, allows us to determine the role of color in the study of the conflictity of different subjects. The research with the use of M. Luscher's color test in which individual and collective laws of conflict of various spheres of life in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian interstate armed conflict were revealed is analyzed. M. Luscher's color test is a unique "early warning system" for conflicts and stressful situations at an early stage of their deployment. This test also provides additional information for psychotherapeutic work with patients, allowing to identify the compensatory capabilities of the subjects. The conflictizational dimension of the M. Luscher test is extremely important for the psychological rehabilitation of ATO and OOS veterans, as it can detect pre-conflict, conflict and postconflict states of subjects.

The dynamics of hemodynamic, psychophysiological parameters and adaptive potential of men of working age engaged in water-cold hardening

To assess changes of hemodynamic and psychophysiological parameters, as well as the adaptive potential in healthy men of working age under the influence of repeated contrasting temperature exposures, the difference of which is about 70 °C. Blood pressure, heart rate and Luscher test were measured 20 minutes before and 20 minutes after repeated exposure of contrasting temperature changes (alternation of temperature cycles). The following parameters were calculated: dynamics of pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure, Stroke volume (SV), Cardiac output (CO), the Kerdo vegetative index (KVI). Assessment of adaptive potential (AP) was carried out according to the Baevsky's Stress Index and Robinson index. Also, integral parameters of psychophysiological status were evaluated by the Luscher test. In the course of the study, it was proved that 20 minutes before repeated contrast temperature exposure, the level of SBP and heart rate was increased (p<0.01), and 20 minutes after the completion of procedures the decrease of SBP level was observed (p<0.05). The CO level before the start of temperature exposure was decreased (p<0.01), and 20 minutes after the finish of the contrasting effects this dynamics was preserved (p<0.01). The AP level before the start of contrasting exposure was 2.79±0.10, and after contrasting exposure it was decreased (p<0.05). The Robinson index (RI) was higher than the established normal values before temperature effects (112.53±6.82), then its decrease was noted (p<0.01). According to Luscher's test, the integral parameters «Heteronomy-autonomy», «Balance of personal properties», «Vegetative coefficient» significantly changed psychophysiological characteristics. The parameter «Total deviation» indicated an average level of unproductive neuropsychic tension (before - 14.71±2.19, after - 14.36±2.26) both before and after repeated temperature exposures. The VIC parameter of the study participants testified to the predominance of parasympathicotonia (before - -2.07±5; after - -7.23±5.62). At the same time, correlations were established only before repeated contrast exposure. Repeatedly repeated contrasting temperature effects cause ambiguous reactions of the body. Changes in hemodynamic, psychophysiological parameters and adaptive potential are observed some time before the alternation of cycles of contrasting exposures. Most likely, this reaction of the body is a reaction to the upcoming temperature stress. If the model of stress exposure, when the temperature variation is about 70 °C, occurs regularly and systematically (once a week throughout the entire winter season), in this case, the main recommendation is to control the blood pressure level before the start of contrast exposure as a precautionary measure to prevent the development of adverse cardiovascular reactions.

Impact of Self-Regulation Methods on the Psycho-Emotional State of Future Teachers

The authors remark the necessity to develop the psycho-emotional self-assessment and self-regulation capability of future teachers during the period of vocational training at the university. The training program on the development of students' psycho-emotional self-regulation is presented. The possibility of training practice on behavior and activity self-regulation development as one of the phenomena of a person’s mental life is investigated via methods of questioning, operational control of neuropsychic activity (electrocutaneous resistance), and the Luscher test. This training has been examined on students of various fields of education at a pedagogical university, and has shown the effectiveness in the awareness of future teachers of its importance to the development of resistance against stressful situations and in the direction of developing the ability of self-regulation of one’s psycho-emotional state in teaching.

Flashback psychopathology in combatants with PTSD

Flashback psychopathology in combatants with PTSD

A Novel Method for Emotion Extraction From Paintings Based on Luscher’s Psychological Color Test: Case Study Iranian-Islamic Paintings

Paintings evoke certain emotions in the viewers. Colors, shape, texture, and many other factors affect the feeling conveyed by paintings, but colors seem to have a stronger effect due to a century-long study of color-emotion association in various fields of psychology, art, and color science. There are many color-emotion theories and most of them have been implemented, however, the Luscher Color Test is untouched amongst them. Based on several reasons, discussed in detail inside the paper, we believe this theory can cover problems in this domain of emotion extraction. The main motivation for choosing the Luscher test was that this method is designed for personality and mood analysis and it can better study abstract paintings. In this paper, a set of paintings from Iranian-Islamic cultural heritage is chosen as a dataset. We have proposed the L-EEP method based on Culture Technology (CT) concept to extract emotions from paintings with image processing techniques and psychology knowledge. This method extracts specific colors from paintings and by performing the Luscher test automatically, is able to determine eight emotions. For this matter, paintings are assessed in two moods: 1. The full extent of the painting 2. Cropped interest area of the painting that attracts more attention. Then, the color palette which is extracted colors ordered based on their coverage extent enters search engine. The search engine performs the searching process in the 3D knowledge base of Luscher color-emotion layers to extract relative values of emotions in both scenarios. For the evaluation of the results, three steps were taken. First, we compared the output results of ancient Persian painting with literature and text of their background stories. Then a viewer evaluation is done to compare the results with human viewpoint. Finally, a set of modern abstract paintings peer-rated in the IAPS standard system to further examine the proposed method. The results of the three forms of evaluation indicate the applicability of the L-EEP approach.