Emotional Manifestations Research Articles

The technique of schematic visualization of the emotional sphere in group psychotherapy work with clients who have a low level of reflexivity

The article aims to describe the technique of schematic visualization of the client's emotional sphere, which is developed for use in group psychotherapy and is aimed at increasing the level of the client's reflexivity by increasing the quality of the process of reflection in this sphere. For productive work with the client in most psychotherapeutic methods, especially the humanistic paradigm, one of the important factors is such a property of the client's personality as the possibility of the existence of the process of self-knowledge, i.e. the client's reflexivity, but it is not always developed to a level sufficient for psychotherapeutic work (in this case, "reflexivity” is used as a broader concept than “reflection”). To solve this issue, it is necessary to develop new techniques, which is proposed by the author of the work. The use of this technique contributes to increasing the ability to manifest one's own emotions and feelings and to the client's visual demonstration and awareness of the features of the structure of his emotional sphere and formations in it, which are characteristic of persons with traumatic emotional experience. For example: "gluing" of emotions of asthenic and sthenic circles; destructive connotation of positive emotions with negative ones; inability to feel "pure" emotion; the phenomenon of potentiation of negative emotionality; loss of resourcefulness of certain emotions, which are contaminated by other emotions; the existence of "through" emotions, which become core characteristics of the emotional sphere of the individual. During the application of the technique, the work is structured in such a way as to maximally involve the dynamics of the group, emotional, cognitive and behavioral levels to increase the quality of reflection of the emotional sphere and the client's reflexivity as a whole. The classification of reflexivity is used for the analytical part in the application of the technique (for example, the comparison of emotional manifestations characteristic of the client in retrospective, prospective and situational vectors), and the idea of "surreality" at the stage of transformation and modeling. In this work, 9 stages of technique application are provided in detail and the role and tasks of the psychotherapist, client and group members at each of them are described.

У ПОШУКАХ ВЛАСНОГО ПРОСТОРУ: ОБРАЗ ДОМУ В РОМАНІ НАТАЛІЇ ГУРНИЦЬКОЇ «МЕЛОДІЯ КАВИ У ТОНАЛЬНОСТІ КАРДАМОНУ»

The article focuses on the study of the image of the house in the novel by Natalia Hurnytska “Coffee Melody in Cardamom Tone”. The central theme of taboo love acts as a catalyst for the work's spatial content, and the house's motive becomes a tool for analyzing the inner world of the main heroine. The movement of the character illustrates her worldview transformation, while the mode of housing serves as a reflection of the nature of the owners. In the novel, the heroine is constantly in motion from one residence to another, each of which has distinct socio-psychological markers. The childhood home appears in retrospect as a carefree happy world. Uncle's house in Zhovkva takes on the function of family space only nominally, so the heroine symbolically leaves in search of her own home. Uncle Adam's home takes on the semantics of transcending social and moral taboos. Adam's apartment in Krakivska Str. is depicted as a transit place. Aunt Zosia's house is a hostile world that dictates the rules and truths of others. Mrs. Beata’s home is associated with a territory of stability. The house on Kastelivka appears through an erotic code. The house of Theresa is perceived as a rigidly regulated space. The apartment at Krakivska Str. is seen as a home of your own, protected from external threats. Adam's house is the main spatial element of the novel and functions in several emotional and meaningful manifestations: unjustified expectations, danger, shame, threat, protection, family comfort, and wasteland. The constant change of places of residence reflects the woman's attempt to find her own space.

Psychological characteristics of entrepreneurs working in stress-related conditions

The relevance of the study is due to the growth of stress-related conditions of entrepreneurs’ activity in Ukraine in 2020-2023. The purpose of the study is to highlight the results of an examination of emotional intelligence, psychosocial stress, and character accentuations of entrepreneurs working in stress-related conditions. Among the key research methods is the psychosocial stress scale of L. Reeder, emotional intelligence test questionnaire of N. Hall, definition of character accentuations of Leonhard – H. Schmieschek. The professional activities of 90 entrepreneurs in the conditions of COVID-19 and 90 entrepreneurs in the conditions of war in the period 2021-2023 were examined. In both groups, the established high level of emotional intelligence was characterised by the ability to be aware of emotions and feelings, the average – by the potential for development, and the low required development. A strong correlation was identified between “emotional awareness” and “recognition of other people’s emotions”, which characterised restraint in the manifestation of emotions. Entrepreneurs working in war conditions were identified to have a reduced ability to manage emotions and low self-motivation. It was identified that psychosocial stress was manifested by psychosomatic complaints and impulsive decisions, aggressiveness, intolerance to the opinions of others, and anger. A high level of stress was accompanied by a deterioration in concentration, memory, and performance. It is proved that the tendency to accentuation due to provocative emotional factors increased to accentuation, and pedantry, hyperthymicity, emotionality create the basis for conflicts. It was determined that the pathogenetic path of conflict development was evasion as a specific social behaviour in stress-associated conditions of activity, and ignoring the problem was the basic behaviour in conflict with the desire to avoid acute situations and decisions ‒ “tactics of presence without signs of active intervention”. Two types of accentuations associated with the negative impact on the emotional intelligence of businessmen were identified: getting stuck or dysthymia in the first group, which worked during COVID-19, and the dominance of anxious and emotional traits in the second group, members of which had to work in war conditions. It is noted that in both groups, entrepreneurial activity was characterised as “rather dysfunctional and unsatisfactory”. The practical importance of the study lies in the ability to consider the identified psychological characteristics in providing assistance to entrepreneurs working in stress-related conditions.

Differential Diagnosis of ICD-11 Personality Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adolescents.

The International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11) introduces fundamentally new diagnostic descriptions for personality disorder and autism spectrum disorder. Instead of the traditional categorical taxonomies, both personality disorder and autism spectrum disorder are described as being on a continuum. Accumulating research has pointed out that, in some cases, adolescents with autism spectrum disorder are at risk of being confused with having a personality disorder, which particularly applies to female adolescents. Case reports describe how adult autistic women struggled with social and identity roles as children and adolescents, using compensatory strategies such as social imitation and other types of camouflaging. Furthermore, some adolescents with autism display emotion dysregulation and self-injury. The ICD-11 recognizes that features of autism spectrum disorder may resemble features of personality disorder, but the two diagnoses have not yet been formally compared to one another. The present article therefore sought to outline and discuss the overlap and boundaries between the ICD-11 definitions of personality disorder and autism spectrum disorder and propose guiding principles that may assist practitioners in differential diagnosis with female adolescents. We specifically highlight how aspects of the self and interpersonal functioning along with emotional, cognitive, and behavioral manifestations may overlap across the two diagnoses. Restricted, repetitive, and inflexible patterns of behavior, interests, and activities are core features of autism spectrum disorder, which may be masked or less pronounced in female adolescents. Collecting a developmental history of the early presence or absence of autistic features is vital for a conclusive diagnosis, including features that are typically camouflaged in females. A number of future directions for research and clinical practice are proposed.

Consolation Gestures as Non-Verbal Markers of Stress when Discussing an Acute Social Issue

The article is devoted to the issue of identifying non-verbal stress markers in oral discourse on an acute social topic. The relevance of the research is due to: 1) the growing interest of linguists in the study of linguistic manifestations of emotions and the identification of markers of various psycho-emotional states with the subsequent possibility of developing algorithms for their automatic detection; 2) the severity of the problem of stress in modern society. The novelty of the study is predetermined by the fact that it is focused on a specific type of communicative behavior (discussion of an acute social issue) studied from the perspective of multimodal linguistics postulating an inextricable link between understanding and generating messages in natural language and body actions. The goal of the paper is to identify and describe non-verbal stress markers that we call consolation gestures, allowing us to identify this psychoemotional state in the course of spontaneous oral communication. The research material is represented by 4 hours of structured interview video recordings with 11 French and 11 Russian respondents (average age – 21) on the topic of radical body positivity. The leading research method is multimodal analysis, implemented using multi-layer markup in the ELAN program. In the process of marking, the following types of layers were used: gestures, eye movements, facial expressions, verbal component, intonation. The statistical analysis of frequency and distribution of annotations have revealed the following consolation gestures: 1) stroking different parts of the body; 2) scratching different parts of the body, 3) interacting with other objects, 4) facial markers. Consolation gestures are regarded by us as a kind of body-oriented repetitive behavior disorders, which allows us to differentiate them from gestures that are hesitation/silence fillers. Thus, the following constitutive features are determined: 1) repetition of the action, 2) focus on the body, 3) features conditioned by a sense of tension or anxiety rather than by preoccupation with appearance, 4) a subsequent sense of relief and emotional discharge. The prospect of further research is seen in the expansion of experimental material through interviews with representatives of other linguocultures, followed by interpreting the results in the cross-cultural perspective.

Assessment of the Emotional Sphere of Children with Typical Development and Autism Spectrum Disorders Based on an Interdisciplinary Approach

The aim of the study is to reveal the features of the emotional sphere of children with typical development (TD) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) using the developed interdisciplinary methodological approach. The methodology includes two blocks – information about the development of the child (questionnaires for parents) and testing the child, containing tasks aimed at studying the manifestation of the emotional state in the characteristics of voice, speech, facial expressions, behavior and recognition by children of the emotional states of other people by voice and facial expression. The participants of the study were 70 children: 50 with TD and 20 with ASD. An audio and video recording of the speech, facial expressions and behavior of children during testing was made. Normative data were obtained – scores on questionnaires and scales, the results of psychophysiological testing of children. Differences between children with TD and ASD were determined according to the scales of the questionnaires: general information about development, the emotional sphere, additional information about child’s behavior; by scores in the test tasks for recognition and manifestation of emotions by children. The conducted study is the first step in the development of new fundamental approaches to the diagnosis, rehabilitation and education of children with atypical development using methods for automatically recognizing children’s emotional states by vocalizations, speech and facial expression.

From fearful to hopeful: A thematic content analysis of COVID-19 survivors’ YouTube videos

COVID-19 survivors experienced a spectrum of emotions as a result of surviving the said disease. Employing thematic content analysis, the researchers characterized the various emotional manifestations among recovered COVID-19 patients, which are crucial indicators of their mental well-being postinfection. From March 2020 to June 2021, data was collated from 31 Filipino COVID-19 Survivors’ YouTube videos. 51.61% of the videos were posted in 2020 and 48.39% were posted in 2021 where 70.97% of the survivors were female while 29.03% were male. 579 primary codes emerged and were narrowed down into sixteen themes where Hope (18.83%) arose as the most predominant emotion followed by Gratitude (14.68%), Joy and Relief (14.16%), Faith (11.57%), Plight Response (10.88%), Sadness (10.88%), Fear (6.39%), and nine others (12.61%).

Heart and Beyond: Following Emotion Farther Out

Abstract Urgent times such as ours call for a reexamination of human emotional life, a life we tend to take for granted in calmer times. Philosophy, and phenomenology in particular, should have something to say about our emotional bearings or their lack in this dürftiger Zeit, a time of collective crisis and personal desperation. My hope is that a careful assessment of emotion will be of value to those of us living through what Hannah Arendt called “dark times.” As a phenomenologist, my aim is a mainly descriptive one that seeks to arrive at a more precise sense of the emergence of emotion, not as construed causally but as felt experientially. Accordingly, I shall pursue the paths traced by certain manifestations of emotion: paths that have been largely neglected in recent treatments. Being on this road (and there is no other) amounts to living with the consequences of the manifestation of emotions, what I have come to call them periphaneity.

Interview-Based Patient- and Caregiver-Reported Experiences of Hunger and Improved Quality of Life with Setmelanotide Treatment in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome.

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare genetic disease associated with hyperphagia, a pathologic insatiable hunger, due to impaired signaling in the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) pathway. The impact of hyperphagia on the lives of patients with BBS and their families has not been fully characterized. Patients with BBS or their caregivers who participated in clinical trials of the MC4R agonist setmelanotide (NCT03013543 and NCT03746522) were included in this qualitative study. Telephone interviews were conducted using a semistructured interview guide to explore patient experience and caregiver observations of hyperphagia before and during setmelanotide treatment. Nineteen interviews (8 patients, 11 caregivers) were conducted. The term "hunger" (rather than "hyperphagia") was used in interviews to ensure common terminology. Before setmelanotide treatment, all participants described their (or their child's) hunger as all-consuming, leading to an obsessive focus on food. Nine participants recalled intense, continuous hunger, and most participants (5 patients, 10 caregivers) reported lack of control with eating. Negative impacts on patients' lives included difficulties with concentration, emotional and physical manifestations, and impaired relationships. All participants experienced or observed improvements in hunger and health outcomes during treatment, the most meaningful of which included weight loss and decrease in obsessive focus on food and food-seeking behaviors. All participants reported improvements in either physical and/or emotional well-being and being satisfied with setmelanotide. Hyperphagia and resulting food-seeking behaviors have notable negative impacts on quality of life in patients with BBS and caregivers. Setmelanotide improved hyperphagia, reduced body weight and obsessive focus on food, and facilitated improvements in physical and emotional well-being for both patients and caregivers. NCT03013543 and NCT03746522.

Analysis of facial emotion expression in eating occasions using deep learning

Eating is experienced as an emotional social activity in any culture. There are factors that influence the emotions felt during food consumption. The emotion felt while eating has a significant impact on our lives and affects different health conditions such as obesity. In addition, investigating the emotion during food consumption is considered a multidisciplinary problem ranging from neuroscience to anatomy. In this study, we focus on evaluating the emotional experience of different participants during eating activities and aim to analyze them automatically using deep learning models. We propose a facial expression-based prediction model to eliminate user bias in questionnaire-based assessment systems and to minimize false entries to the system. We measured the neural, behavioral, and physical manifestations of emotions with a mobile app and recognize emotional experiences from facial expressions. In this research, we used three different situations to test whether there could be any factor other than the food that could affect a person’s mood. We asked users to watch videos, listen to music or do nothing while eating. This way we found out that not only food but also external factors play a role in emotional change. We employed three Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) architectures, fine-tuned VGG16, and Deepface to recognize emotional responses during eating. The experimental results demonstrated that the fine-tuned VGG16 provides remarkable results with an overall accuracy of 77.68% for recognizing the four emotions. This system is an alternative to today’s survey-based restaurant and food evaluation systems.

EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE EMPATHIC ABILITIES OF FUTURE DOCTORS IN THE STRUCTURE OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE

The article contains a summary of theoretical analysis and empirical research results of empathic abilities of future doctors in the structure of their professional competence. A generalized theoretical analysis of the empathy role in the system of future doctor’s professional competences formation was conducted. The important role of the ability to emotional response and emotional inclusion in the relationship with the patient for the effectiveness of the therapeutic process organization is presented.The basis of the conducted empirical research is described and its results are interpreted – trends in the expression of future doctor’s tendency to emotional response and channels of empathy. According to the results of the empirical study, the tendency of future doctors to an increased level of emotional response and empathy manifestations was revealed. Their orientation towards manifestations of the rational channel of empathy and the ability to identify with an interaction partner, an attitude that promotes manifestations of empathy, was outlined. The role of empathic abilities in the set of professional competencies of future doctors is analyzed.

Studying subjective perception of time by Vietnamese and Russian students

Introduction. The perception of time at student age is an important component for successful adaptation to other conditions of education, for socialising in a new social circle and for acquiring knowledge necessary for further professional development. Learning conditions in the modern world are generally similar; however, students from different countries are bearers of differing cultures. The aim is to compare the characteristics of subjective perception of time in terms of its past, present and future by Vietnamese and Russian students. Materials and methods. The sample encompassed a number of university students from Vietnam and Russia. The total number of respondents was 199 (105 Vietnamese students and 94 Russian students). To achieve the set goal, the psychosemantic method and the “Semantic time differential” method were applied. The statistical data processing methods involved the arithmetic mean and Mann-Whitney U-test. Results. The research results revealed certain differences in subjective perception of time between the students from Vietnam and Russia at the level of statistical trend (p≥0.05) – as concerns future perception peculiarities and time structure perception. Conclusion. The subjective perception of time by Vietnamese and Russian students is influenced by the society and culture: the Vietnamese society is less exposed to Western ideas of time management, therefore their perception of time structure is less meaningful; at the same time, the future and the past are deemed to be equally important due to the ancestor cult and placing importance on connection with the departed. The power and vividness of manifestation of different time aspects is also culturally conditioned since it is not customary in Southeast Asia to express one’s emotional manifestations vehemently.

Divorce: Experiential and Structural Elements: Cases from Papua New Guinea and Africa

Divorce emerges as a phenomenon in counterpoint to marriage, both terms representing processes or phases of interaction punctuated by moments of completion and transition to further phases. We can make an initial distinction between divorce, viewed as undoing of preceding phases, and marriage, viewed as prospective of moving into a new relationship. Both divorce and marriage may carry different meanings depending on the wider culture in which they occur. Where marriage comes into being via a series of reciprocal transactions of wealth objects, divorce correspondingly consists of the undoing of such transactions, with the aim of creating a new order of relationships. This process can, in turn, itself vary as it turns on emotional manifestations between the parties involved, sometimes connected with the presence of offspring, as in the case of the Nuer people of South Sudan, among whom a wife does not shift to her husband’s settlement place until the couple have a child. The question of transactions goes with the significance of the wider kin networks in which marriages and divorces are regulated. All in all, our paper examines a counterpoint between legal and emotional aspects of both marriage and divorce, raising issues about what a marriage is and what constitutes a divorce, together with nuances of ritual processes that mark pathways between these categories. We draw on ethnography from Pacific cultures, especially Papua New Guinea, and from Africa, to explore these processes.

Psycho-Emotional Burnout of the Personality in the Conditions of War

A common cause of health disorders in war is psychotraumatic situations that lead to psycho-emotional burnout of military personnel.
 The purpose of the article is to conduct an empirical study of the psycho-emotional burnout of military personnel. Tasks are set: to determine the emotional reactions and states of military personnel; to assess the level of manifestation of emotional burnout of military personnel.
 Research Methods: The study used valid methods, "Diagnosis of the level of emotional burnout", "Determination of mental "burnout", and «Burnout Syndrome» in the professions of the «man-man» system, for the non-parametric data correlation variables, the Spearman coefficient.
 Results: The study revealed the military personnel's inability to manage their emotions, which leads to depersonalization, personal alienation, and distance. The inadequate selective emotional response has 94.0%, which is an indisputable "sign of burnout". The peculiarities of emotion management of military personnel and their role in the genesis of emotional response in professional activity are revealed. It is established that the "economic manifestation of emotions" of military personnel can be manifested both in an excessively cheerful mood and aggression, which is frustrating behavior.
 Conclusion: In order to prevent psycho-emotional burnout, it is necessary to develop anti-stress skills, skills of controlling the manifestation of emotions based on critical analysis of the situation, and the ability not to throw out negative emotions on other people. To work with the military, it is necessary to substantiate the content of psychosocial counseling within the framework of a comprehensive system of psychological rehabilitation of servicemen.

Stress, Stressors, and Coping Strategies of Female Private School Teacher to Deal with Occupational Stress

Mental health is the least prioritized subject in Pakistan though stress, anxiety and depressive disorders have been indicated as root cause of several chronic disease. Stress arises when an individual observes that he/she cannot cope with the demands placed on them or perceives a threat to his well-being. However, utilizing effective coping strategies can help to manage stress. The current study is a quantitative cross-sectional study aimed to assess the prevalence of occupational stress, stressors, and coping strategies of female private school teachers (n=1,386) working in Hyderabad city. Data was analysed using SPSS version 22.0, descriptive analysis was calculated and p-value <0.05 was considered as significant. The results revealed that majority of teachers were experiencing higher level of occupational stress. The stressors of teachers were sorted as work-related distress, professional growth, managing their work within given time, inadequate salary, emotional and fatigue manifestations were more obvious for teachers. Teachers were found to use dysfunctional and emotional coping strategies most often. The study concluded that overall working conditions of private school teachers were observed challenging. There is immense need to promote healthy working environment for better performance of teachers and ultimately resulting in succeeding and advancing educational organizations.

FAMILY BONDING IN CONFINEMENT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Introduction: Due to the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, the family became the primary setting in which people were confined. As a result, the family bond during confinement is an important phenomenon to study. Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review was to determine if the family bond would influence the changes in mental health brought on by confinement and the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: The methodological were a Systematic Review using the PRISMA model in the search engines Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, PSYINFO, Taylor and Francis, Sciendo, Academic Search Ultimate, and Medline between September 2021 and April 2022. NOS (Newcastle-Ottawa Scale) was utilized. Results: Concerning the search results, it was possible to identify seven relevant studies for analysis: four on the variables associated with psychological well-being during the pandemic and two on the perceived changes in emotional state during the pandemic. Conclusions: the effects of confinement on mental health are characterized by an increase in negative emotions, heightened perceptions of stress, anxiety, and depression, and altered sleep patterns. Concerning the influence of the family bond on mental health, it was discovered that when the bond is perceived as positive and strong, that is, the individual perceives that their basic, social, and affective needs are covered, it becomes a protective factor for mental health, regulating the manifestation of stress, favoring the manifestation of positive emotions over negative ones, and becoming emotionally supportive.

Динамика школьной вовлеченности и ее взаимосвязь с развитием осознанной саморегуляции у подростков

<p>The phenomenon of school engagement, considered as a stable, directed and active participation of students in educational activities and in the school life in general, is of considerable interest to researchers in the field of educational psychology. According to modern scientific concepts, engagement can be assessed through behavioral, cognitive, emotional and social manifestations. The research had its purpose to study the dynamics of school engagement in adolescents, as well as to reveal the relationship of conscious self-regulation with behavioral and cognitive components of engagement based on the longitudinal data obtained on the sample of 6-8 grade students (N=80). A separate task was to find an answer to the question of whether the conscious self-regulation can be considered as a significant predictor of changes in the behavioral and cognitive engagement of students during their study in the secondary school. Methods: "Multidimensional Scale of School Engagement"(Wang et al., 2019; Fomina, Morosanova, 2020); "The Self-Regulation Profile of Learning Activity Questionnaire — SRPLAQ" (Morosanova, Bondarenko, 2017). Statistical processing of longitudinal data (including the latent growth curve modeling) made it possible to reveal the negative dynamics of the students’ behavioral and cognitive engagement during their study in the secondary school. The data analysis allowed to describe the effects of relationship between behavioral and cognitive engagement: a higher level of cognitive engagement contributes to a less pronounced decrease in behavioral engagement. The study established positive correlations of conscious self-regulation with both cognitive and behavioral engagement. The decrease in engagement is less pronounced in adolescents with a higher level of development of conscious self-regulation.</p>

EMOTIONAL AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF THEIR CONSIDERATION WITHIN THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAINING OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED ATHLETES-ROWERS

The article is dedicated to studying the manifestation of personal and emotional characteristics of kayaking and canoeing athletes of different qualifications. A comprehensive approach was used to assess the manifestation of personal and emotional characteristics as prerequisites for success in competitive activities. The aim of the study was to identify the leading personal and emotional characteristics that can determine the effectiveness of their activities in sports competitions. Based on the conducted research, certain differences in personal and emotional characteristics have been found between highly qualified kayaking and canoeing athletes and those in mass sports categories. The former surpass the latter in emotional stability, normativeness, courage, independence, and self-discipline. Highly qualified kayaking and canoeing athletes can be conventionally differentiated into three types depending on the characteristics of the dominance of certain manifestations of emotions: optimistic, anxious, and a type where sports anger dominates. Recommendations for psychological support for kayaking and canoeing athletes were proposed for each type, both in training activities and during direct preparation for sports competitions.

WORK OF GRIEF: PRACTICES OF GRIEVING IN RURAL TRADITION

Manifestation of emotions, including mourning, differs from culture to culture and from one historical context to another. Grieving practices are determined by the life world and regulated by the social system. Child death is a taboo topic in urban discourse. However, during the folklore-anthropological expeditions in the Russian North, we noted that women were ready to talk about it and shared their personal experience of losing children (or siblings). Our focus is on the practice of experiencing loss in the village community. The material for the analysis was the records of the open electronic archive «Russian everyday life». Field work was carried out in the territories of Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions from  to .

Environmental anxiety and its impact on the mental health of the individual

In this study, “environmental anxiety” refers to a state of anxiety and tension that arises as a result of concern about the state of the environment and its impact on human health and safety. Psychological distress can be caused by various factors, such as stressful situations, genetic characteristics, neurochemical imbalances, psychological factors, traumatic events, chronic diseases, drug and alcohol use, as well as sociocultural influences. The main forms of environmental anxiety include: fear of environmental problems, disturbing thoughts, concern about possible health effects, hypersensitivity syndrome to environmental factors, anxiety in connection with environmental crises, social anxiety due to environmental aspects, anxiety due to news and media. These forms of anxiety can manifest in different symptoms and manifest at different levels of the personality: physical manifestations, psychological reactions, emotional manifestations, behavioral changes and physiological reactions. The possibility of developing environmental anxiety in the context of environmental issues can be explained by various psychological mechanisms, such as a perceptual filter, catastrophic thinking, a sense of security, social influence, a sense of loss of control and uncertainty, as well as psychosomatic reactions. The publication also provides various psychological approaches and methods aimed at reducing the level of environmental anxiety, such as psychological counseling, cognitive-behavioral therapy, meditation and mindfulness, exposure therapy, stress management, journaling, healthy lifestyle, outdoor recreation, positive perception and understanding of environmental aspects.