University Psychology Research Articles

Cultivation of Entrepreneurial Psychology and Innovation Ability by New Media Art Under the Reform of Publishing Industry.

In order to optimize the resource allocation of the traditional publishing industry in the new media era, it is proposed to integrate the traditional publishing and digital publishing industries to solve the problem of unbalanced resource distribution under dual-track conditions. Professional talents with innovative entrepreneurial ability and psychology in colleges and universities are cultivated to promote the integration and reform process of the publishing industry under the background of new media art. First, the study analyzes the digital reform issues facing the development of the publishing industry in the new media era. Second, in view of the development situation of the publishing industry in the Yangtze River Delta, it is proposed to establish a development model of integrated publishing in the Yangtze River Delta through resource allocation. Then, under the new media art form, the teaching mode of creative and entrepreneurial talents training in art colleges and universities is optimized to cultivate students’ innovative ability and entrepreneurial positive psychology. The research results show that the number of books printed in Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta is 13,000 types per year, and the number is still rising; however, periodicals and newspapers are affected by the new media industry, and the number of publications is declining. The printing volume has dropped by 50% in 9years; the questionnaire survey results show that 68% of the students are very interested in entrepreneurial activities, but 53% of the students have not carried out entrepreneurial activities at all, indicating that the students’ entrepreneurial ability is insufficient. The results provide a reference for studying the reform direction of the publishing industry and cultivating entrepreneurial talents in the context of new media.

Emotional exhaustion in Peruvian university students during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID 19 pandemic has caused the teaching-learning modality to go from being face-to-face to being virtual, which has forced students to adapt to this new scenario, however, despite the fact that this modality has favorable aspects, it also it has had implications in the socio-emotional aspect. Therefore, the present research aimed to describe the emotional exhaustion in Peruvian students from a private university during the COVID-19 pandemic. The approach was quantitative, the design was non-experimental, and the type was descriptive, transectional. The sample consisted of 265 students, to whom the Emotional Tiredness Scale was applied, an instrument with required levels of validity and reliability. The results found indicate that the students presented high levels of emotional exhaustion (39.4%) and it was determined that some sociodemographic variables such as sex and age were significantly associated with this condition (p<0.05). It was concluded that it is necessary for the University's Psychology area to detect students with high levels of emotional exhaustion in a timely manner so that they receive treatment and can improve their academic performance and quality of life. On the other hand, students should be encouraged to develop coping strategies for stressful situations, typical of academic life and the context of pandemic.

Analysis of Influencing Factors of Flip Class Mode in the Application of Psychological Teaching in Colleges and Universities

Introduction: This article mainly through the literature research method and content analysis method, has carried on the analysis to the university turnover classroom. This paper analyses the characteristics and development trend of flipped classroom research from the aspects of research fields, research topics, research methods, literature sources, author information and references. Method: This teaching method undoubtedly fully demonstrates the concept of quality education, that is, while respecting students 'individual differences in learning, it also cultivates students' autonomy, allowing them to learn independently and develop their ability to analyze and solve problems. The flipped classroom uses the Internet as a platform to adjust the teaching steps, which has changed the organization of teaching and learning, class and off-class, teaching and self-study. Result: Teachers can supplement other resources on the Flipping classroom. At the same time, according to the content of the textbook, the teacher should design the test questions. In addition, teachers should also participate in the discussion of students before class, answering questions for students online. Throughout the online learning process, teachers can obtain students' mastery of the unit's knowledge points through the support of big data, such as which knowledge points are difficult, which ones are mastered, and which students are well mastered, so that the teaching can be effectively adjusted. plan. The main content of the teacher in the pre-course period is to check the content of the student's reply in the classroom exchange area to understand the students' knowledge of the knowledge points. Conclusion: It can be seen from the above column chart that the following conclusions can be drawn through the investigation and study of the factors affecting the College psychology teaching in colleges and universities. University leaders have a certain degree of emphasis on College psychology courses, but teaching management needs to be Further improvement; the number of people in some psychology majors is too high. Some colleges and universities in the teaching objectives of psychology special courses lack the target requirements of students' social adaptation and scientific research; most of the teachers' theoretical teaching content is not comprehensive enough and the content is single. Discussion: This article is based on an in-depth analysis of the advantages of domestic SPOC platforms and flipped classrooms, and analyzes the course goals of psychological teaching in colleges and universities. A teaching model of psychological courses based on the SPOC platform was constructed. This article is based on the teaching of psychology, and discusses the problems related to the flip reading teaching of psychology. The purpose is to sort out the theoretical and practical problems of flipped reading teaching in psychology lessons, and better adapt to the teaching of psychology lessons in the new era and new technology.

Influence of Selected Work Related Variables on Occupational Stress Among Teachers in Kenya

Occupational stress is a universal phenomenon that manifests itself among workers as a result of pressures originating from within or outside the work place. Work stress has had negative effects on performance and service delivery among workers and can therefore be expensive for organizations as it adversely affects organizational performance and productivity. Globally, teaching has been ranked the second most stressful job after ambulance driving and incidences of teachers experiencing occupational stress have been reported in Borabu Sub County. Given the important role education plays in shaping society, the pivotal roles played by teachers globally and in Borabu SubCounty cannot be over stated. Majority of teachers confess that they would opt for an alternative profession given an opportunity, a situation witnessed by a substantive number of teachers who get newly employed or are always ready to transfer to other professions. Some studies on teachers’ occupational stress have concentrated on factors causing or contributing to stress or effects of occupational stress on performance among teachers but have not investigated the influence of selected work related variables on occupational stress among secondary school teachers. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the Influence of Selected Work RelatedVariables on Occupational Stress among Teachers in Public Secondary Schools in Borabu-Sub County of Nyamira County. The main objective of the study was to determine the influence of role overload on occupational stress among public secondary school teachers. The study was anchored on Person Environment Fit Theory of Caplan. The study employed convergent parallel research design within mixed method approach. The population of the study comprised 212 public high school teachers, 21 Principals, and 3 Education Officers. Saturated sampling was used to obtain a sample size of 212 teachers, 21 Principals and 3 Education Officers of Borabu Sub County, Nyamira County, Kenya. Occupational stress questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data from teachers while qualitative data was collected using interviews to Principals and Education Officers. Descriptive statistics and correlational analysis were used to analyze quantitative data while qualitative data was analyzed using thematic framework. Validity of the instruments was ensured by seeking expert judgement from university psychology lecturers. Reliability of the instruments was determined using internal consistency with an index of 0.70 reported. The study results revealed that high school teachers of Borabu Sub County have a significant amount of role overload at r=0.647. The study established that co and extracurricular activities plummeted the teachers work. The study recommended that teachers, school Principals, Teacher Counselors, other Education stake holders and policy makers need to apply adjustment interventions for occupational stress reduction among educators. Keywords: Influence, Occupational, Stress, work DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-30-07 Publication date: October 31 st 2021

ON THE ISSUE OF FORMATION OF THE VALUE SPHERE IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE PERSONAL TEACHER'S PERSONALITY IN THE CONTEXT OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

The study of the problem of the value sphere of the student's personality in a higher educational institution based on the basic conceptual foundations of Ukrainian psychology scholars in the study of general and professional disciplines of professional training with the aim of becoming personal and professional value orientations for each student, in particular, increasing interest in knowledge in the process of educational-professional activities, with the purpose of development of creative thinking, acquisition of professional-personal competences, practical skills that will facilitate the increasing - future specialists teaching professional direction priority, spiritual and moral values, which is one of the main objectives of the institution of higher education in today's society. Using of scientific and scientific-methodical publications, methods of psychological and pedagogical researches and methodical materials and practical experience of experts of age and pedagogical psychology and department of Psychology of education of the faculty of Correctional and Social Pedagogy and Psychology of the Kamyanets-Podolsky National University named after Ivan Ogienko have been used. The article substantiates the importance of the problem of improving the quality of the professional training of future specialists in the pedagogical industry with the use of active teaching methods, specific pedagogical situations in the study of professional disciplines, in particular, practical training aimed at the formation of a personality of a specialist who would be competitive on the domestic and European labor markets. The article substantiates the importance of the problem of quality improvement. To improve the organization of the educational process, acquiring practical skills close to the educational process, forming professional and personal competences for a future specialist in the pedagogical direction, it is advisable to pay attention to the problem of practical training through the introduction into higher education of the higher education an educational institution of active teaching methods, which is one of the main ways for acquiring the practical skills and skills necessary for the formation of a person professional specialist, competitive on the domestic and European labor market with the purpose of the possibility to search for solved pedagogical tasks, increase of professional knowledge, acceptance of original and creative decisions in the conditions of future pedagogical activity.

Catastrophizing, negative affectivity, and borderline personality disorder.

The core features of borderline personality disorder (BPD) include problematic interpersonal relationships, behavioral and affective dysregulation, identity problems, and cognitive dysregulation. Cognitive dysregulation, such as catastrophizing, rumination, and thought suppression, contributes to emotion dysregulation in BPD. Previous research suggested that thought suppression fully mediated the relationship between negative affect intensity/reactivity and BPD symptoms. We predicted that catastrophizing similarly will serve as a mediator between negative affect intensity/reactivity and BPD symptoms. Two samples completed the study. First, students (N = 191) self-selected to participate in an online study through the university psychology research recruitment system. Additionally, a second sample using Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk; N = 172) was utilized. Catastrophizing partially mediated the relationship between negative affect intensity/reactivity and BPD symptoms. Across these samples, results suggest that catastrophizing may have a significant role in understanding BPD symptoms, which is similar with rumination. Limitations and future directions are also discussed.

Violencia Psicológica en la relación de noviazgo en estudiantes universitarios que inician la carrera de Psicología. Un estudio cualitativo

Introduction. The alarming increase in dating violence produces devastating psychological and behavioral consequences . Objective : To understand, from a qualitative perspective, the characteristics of psychological violence (PV) in the dating relationship, regarding its meanings, perception, modalities, and response to it, in students at the beginning and end of their studies at the Faculty of Psychology of a private university in Mendoza. Method : Qualitative research, descriptive study, phenomenological design. Intentional sample made up of students from the first course in the careers Psychology and Childhood, Adolescence and Family (n = 74), of both sexes, age range from 18 to 21 years old, who had been in a dating relationship. The triangulation of techniques was used: discussion groups (n = 11), semantic networks and TextSTAT software version 2.9c. for the analysis of information. Results: in the analysis of semantic networks, it is observed that psychological violence is defined with the words “abuse”, “aggression”, “manipulation”, “control”, “insults” and “screaming”, causing “pain” and “fear”. In the discussion groups, the two most significant and frequent keywords were considered in each category of analysis, among which the following words were found: "to be", "not", "I", "person", "power", "a lot", "violence", "psychological", "feel", "jealousy", "guilt", "thing", "believe", "other" and "woman". Conclusion: psychological violence is "more constant" and precedes physical violence "psychological violence occurs first and then physical violence occurs." It is urgent to implement strategies to prevent dating violence from an early age.

In with the outputs and out with the inputs: A need for better tracking and research on professional psychology practicum hours

ABSTRACT Objective Accreditation guidelines for professional psychology training have shifted from specifying educational inputs to emphasising attainment of core competency outputs. However, attention to both inputs and outputs are needed. Clinical practicum logs represent a neglected source of information to help guide training program development. The present article describes the development and preliminary data from a purpose‐built electronic web‐based log application for recording practicum activities. Method Participants were 76 university clinical psychology trainees who had completed at least 1,000-hr of practicum. Trainees recorded the time engaged in various practicum activities into the electronic log application. Results Trainees recorded practicum hours across 74 different placements. Most (43%) of the 72,494 entries were for activities supporting direct client work such as preparation and case notes. Direct client contact (37%) and supervision (20%) were next most frequent. On average, each trainee saw 78 clients for individual work and the average number of contacts was 3.69. The most frequent primary problems treated were anxiety disorders (28%) and depressive disorders (16%). Treatment of substance use disorders was rare (2%) as was work with older adults (2.6%), despite high needs in communities. Conclusions This descriptive study provides an example of an electronic log application and preliminary data from the application. The need to link such data to competency assessments is highlighted, as this will provide stronger evidence‐based decision making regarding minimum training standards. Further, by allowing real‐time monitoring of student progress, such applications can inform decisions about individual trainee's practicum progress and needs.

Network-Based Online Survey Exploring Self-Reported Depression Among University and College Students During the Early Days of the COVID-19 Outbreak.

Background: The psychology of university and college students is immature, they are thus more likely to suffer from depression due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aims to investigate the self-reported depression status of Chinese university and college students and explore its influencing factors.Methods: We conducted a network-based online survey, and a total of 17,876 participants completed the questionnaire. Depression was measured by the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic analysis were performed to explore the influencing factors of self-reported depression symptoms.Results: The proportion of self-reported depression symptoms, mild self-reported depression symptoms, and moderate to severe (M/S) self-reported depression symptoms was 65.2, 53.7, and 11.5%, respectively. The mean score of self-reported depression was 54.8 ± 9.0. Female, personality type of partial introversion, junior college educational level, “moderate” or “high” self-perceived risk of infection, “moderately” or “highly” impacted by the outbreak, and being eager to go back to school were risk factors for M/S self-reported depression symptoms (p < 0.05). While, “moderate” or “high” concern about the outbreak, “moderate” or “high” satisfaction with pandemic prevention and control measures, and having health literacy on communicable diseases were protective factors for M/S self-reported depression symptoms (p < 0.05).Conclusion: The status of self-reported depression symptoms among university and college students was severer than expected, and the influencing factors were multifaceted. Government and school administrators should strengthen the dissemination of knowledge on disease prevention and control. Moreover, much attention should be paid to female and junior college students.

Teaching Mode of Psychology and Pedagogy in Colleges and Universities Based on Artificial Intelligence Technology

At present, artificial intelligence(AI) technology has penetrated into all aspects of the education field, and the teaching system has been reformed. In the background of AI, deep learning, personalized learning and human-computer collaborative learning have gradually become the mainstream learning methods. The change of learning style directly promotes the transformation of curriculum and teaching paradigm. This paper analyzes the current situation of the use of AI technology in the teaching mode of psychology and Pedagogy in Colleges and universities, and puts forward the research on the teaching mode of psychology and Pedagogy in Colleges and Universities Based on AI technology. In this paper, 290 teachers and students were investigated and analyzed, and their recognition of AI technology reached more than 90%. This paper makes a comparative analysis on the satisfactory learning environment, learning methods and learning effect after the use of AI in psychology teaching, and discusses and analyzes the results. It also puts forward the use suggestions of AI in psychology teaching, which provides guarantee for the development of intelligent teaching system. The research in this paper is of great significance for the further integration and development of the two.

Mediating the relationship between neuroticism and depressive, anxiety and eating disorder symptoms: The role of intolerance of uncertainty and cognitive flexibility

• IU and CF both mediate the relationship between neuroticism and depression and anxiety symptoms. • IU, but not CF, mediates the relationship between neuroticism and eating disorder symptoms. • Current study extends previous research by examining IU and CF using parallel mediation. • IU should be targeted in the treatment of depressive, anxiety and eating disorder symptoms. • CF should be targeted in treatment of depressive and anxiety symptoms. Research has found that IU (Intolerance of Uncertainty) and CF (Cognitive Flexibility) have separately been associated with depression, anxiety and eating disorders as a transdiagnostic vulnerability. This study evaluated the mediational effect of both IU and CF on the relationship between neuroticism and depressive, anxiety and eating disorder symptoms. We hypothesised that IU and CF when examined together would both significantly mediate the relationship between neuroticism and depression, generalised anxiety, panic disorder, social phobia, PTSD and eating disorder symptoms. Data was collected through advertising the study at a university campus, Amazon Mechanical Turk and a university psychology clinic. Participants included a total of 717 individuals for which data was available. Mediation analyses were conducted using the PROCESS macro in SPSS. IU and CF were found to significantly mediate the relationship between neuroticism and symptom measures of depression, generalised anxiety, panic disorder, social phobia and PTSD. IU, but not CF, significantly mediated the relationship between neuroticism and eating disorder symptoms. All analyses controlled for gender. The study's limitations include the cross-sectional design precluding causality and that participants provided self-report data. IU and CF are transdiagnostic mediators in the relationship between neuroticism and depression and anxiety. IU was also found to be a significant mediator for eating disorder symptoms but CF was not. Findings suggest the importance of focusing on the these factors during assessment and treatment across emotional and eating disorders.

Becoming African psychologists: Decolonisation within a postgraduate psychology module at the University of Johannesburg

There is a compelling need for curriculum design and processes of teaching in South African higher education institutions to heed calls for decolonisation and relevance. Within university Psychology teaching spaces, both the what and the how of knowledge production require transformation and epistemic emancipation. This study explored the perceptions of students regarding the decolonisation processes within a postgraduate Psychology module at the University of Johannesburg. Through the thematic analyses of blogs written by students, results indicated the students benefitted from decolonisation initiatives through three interdependent processes. These processes were (1)&nbsp;Learning Real World Skills from Peers, (2)&nbsp;Bringing it Home: Making Psychology Relevant, and (3)&nbsp;Becoming African Psychologists. Academics in higher education institutions have an ontoepistemological responsibility to encourage students to be critical of the hegemony of Western imperialist forms of knowledge. Therefore, decolonisation initiatives should include students becoming agentic actors who chart the course of their learning processes. Critical thinking skills may facilitate the formation of identities that increase students’ agency and creativity within traditionally rigid and hierarchical academic structures.

A New Hybrid Teaching Model for a Psychology Course

The current traditional college psychology courses only pay attention to the prevention and correction of the psychological problems of college students, but neglect to let students have a good positive emotion to learn, which is not conducive to the development of psychological potential of students, thus psychology learning cannot achieve the expected results. Based on the psychology blended teaching theory, combined with the entrepreneurial education of college students, a set of PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Action) teaching mode which adapts to the development needs of "Internet education" is designed, and formed several new methods of teaching, such as "integration of online and offline classroom teaching". In addition, a new performance prediction model based on graph convolution neural network is proposed decision tree data mining methods are used to predict student performance, by extracting user information and high-dimensional information of the knowledge graph, this mode is conducive to platform managers to understand students’ conditions in time and improve teaching quality. This teaching mode dynamically analyzes the internal relationships among learners, teachers, online classrooms, offline classrooms and it can find problems early and provide solutions. It is conducive to improving students' academic performance and learning enthusiasm, and enhancing the ability of college students.

Pengaruh Kafein Terhadap Short Term Memory Pada Mahasiswi di Prodi Psikologi

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of caffeine on short term memory in students of the Psychology study program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malikussaleh. better than those who do not consume coffee. The study was conducted on 15 students of Malikussaleh University Psychology aged 18-22 years using one group pre-test and post test design experiments. The results of the paired sample t test stated that there was an effect of caffeine on the participants' short term memory (M = 6.0667 SD = 0.25820) and after being given coffee (M = 11.0667 SD = 2.40436), t (29) = 7,554. The conclusion of this study is that caffeine increases short term memory. Future researchers are expected to increase the number of participants and control the room situation.

Gangguan Psikologis dan Kesejahteraan Psikologis pada Mahasiswa Baru

First-year university students are vulnerable to certain psychological disorders. Psychological Well-Being (PWB) is one of the resources they can use to face academic challenges. However, research focusing to identify PWB as protective factor among first-year university students is still rare. This study employs quantitative method involving 151 respondents from the Faculty of Psychology of University X in West Java. It uses a PWB scale composed by Ryff and Self Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20). It also employs simple multiple regression to determine the relation between PWB and symptoms of psychological disorders, on one hand, and stepwise multiple regression to find out which dimensions of PWB are significant to anticipate psychological disorder, on the other. This study argues that PWB, especially self-acceptance and environment mastery dimension, can be used as a protective factor against psychological disorders. Keywords: first-year university students, psychological disorders, psychological well-being

Transfer of incentive salience from a first-order alcohol cue to a novel second-order alcohol cue among individuals at risk for alcohol use disorder: electrophysiological evidence.

In susceptible individuals, cues associated with drug use are theorized to take on incentive-motivational properties, including the ability to reinforce higher-order, drug-related associative learning. This study aimed to test this prediction among people varying in risk for alcohol use disorder. Repeated-measures experiment with a measured individual difference variable at a University psychology laboratory in Missouri, USA. One hundred and six young adults (96 contributed complete data) were pre-selected to represent the upper and lower quartiles of self-reported sensitivity to alcohol's acute effects. Participants completed a second-order Pavlovian conditioning paradigm in which an initially neutral visual cue (second-order conditional stimulus; CS2 ) predicted onset of an olfactory cue (first-order conditional stimulus; CS1 ). Olfactory cues were isolated from alcoholic beverages, sweets and non-comestible substances, each presumed to have a natural history of first-order conditioning. Event-related potential responses to the CS2 across its conditioning and extinction, and to the CS1 , provided neurophysiological indices of incentive salience (IS). The IS of the alcohol CS1 was higher among participants low in alcohol sensitivity (LS), relative to their higher-sensitivity (HS) peers. The IS of the CS2 paired with the alcohol CS1 increased across the CS2 conditioning phase among LS but not HS participants. Also, LS (but not HS) individuals also experienced increases in alcohol craving following alcohol CS1 exposure, and this change was correlated with increases in the IS of the CS2 paired with the alcohol CS1 . Alcoholic beverage odor, a proximal cue for alcohol consumption, appears to reinforce conditioning of neurophysiological responses to a novel cue among low alcohol sensitivity (LS) individuals but not high alcohol sensitivity individuals, providing the first evidence that the LS phenotype may be associated with differences in the conditioned reinforcing properties of alcohol-related cues. These findings support the idea that the LS phenotype may increase alcohol use disorder risk via susceptibility to incentive salience sensitization.

THE MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS

College Students’ mental health education has become the focus of the whole society, which affects the family and society, and is related to the growth of college students, family happiness and social harmony. In view of the mental health problems of college students, the article is based on the aspects of college students themselves, families, colleges and society, to explore the causes of the problems and make a verification analysis. Through strengthening college students’ self-awareness, improving the content and methods of family education, improving the mechanism of College Psychological education, and purifying the public opinion environment, it promotes the development of College Students’ mental health, and then cultivates a socialist society in China qualified builders of modernization.

Professional self-development of future specialists in the field of ecological psychology in the context of distance learning

Professional self-development as is one of the key targets of the higher education system. The digital transformation of the professional training sphere analyses the features of future specialists’ self-assessment of individual ability to transform themselves, their living conditions and professional activities. The information about the influence of the distance-learning format on professional self-esteem and self-development in future specialists are poorly systematized in the modern scientific literature. The aim of the article is the study of future educational psychologists and social educators’ attitude to the distance learning as a resource for self-development, the analysis of the correlation between future professionals’ quality evaluation of the organization and content of distance learning process in the period of the pandemic and self-assessment of their skills. We used the empirical methods: survey methods to collect data from respondents. The subject is the opportunities for self-development of the future specialist of the psycho-pedagogical fields in the conditions of distance format of obtaining a profession. The mathematical and mathematical statistics methods were used. The sample set of respondents consisted of 57 2-4 years students of full-time and part-time education of the Faculty of Psychology and Social Pedagogy of the State University of Humanities and Technology, Orekhovo-Zuyevo.

The ways to achieve happiness

The paper examines the definitions of happiness in psychology, analyzes the components of happiness, describes various methods of achieving happiness: volunteering or working for a good cause, positive thinking, methods of expressive therapy such as music and art therapy. Particular attention is paid to the description of neuro acoustics (sound therapy) and special psychological methods like the Key method developed by H. Aliev, the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing method developed by F. Shapiro, and the wing wave method developed by C. Besser-Siegmund and H. Siegmund; psychological training and psychotherapeutic technologies such as the Be Set Free Fast technique. To prove our hypothesis that modern psychological methods affect the psychological correction of students’ personal anxiety and make a person happier, we conducted a study to look at the influence of modern psychological methods on the psychological correction of students’ anxiety. At the summative and control stages of the study, we used the adapted version of R. Phillips’ anxiety test (for students). At the formative stage of the study, we used the developed and tested program of psychological correction for personal anxiety. Group methods were used as key methods of psychological correction, including brain gymnastics by P. Dennison and G. Dennison, the Key method by H. Aliyev; individual lessons with certified psychologists using the eye movement desensitization, and reprocessing method by F. Shapiro, and wing wave method by C. Besser-Siegmund and H. Siegmund. The university psychologist taught students the Be Set Free Fast protocol, and students also listened to neuro acoustic programs at home. The results of the experimental study proved that the program, based on modern psychological methods, contributed not only to the psycho-correction of students’ personal anxiety but also to improving the mental health of students and their perception of a happier life. The program can be recommended for psychological correctional work with first-year university students during the period of adaptation to university studies and for work with all students who have an increased level of anxiety and stress.

PREDICTION OF THE RISK GROUP (BY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE) AMONG FIRST COURSE STUDENTS BY USING THE DECISION TREE METHOD

Mass education in Russian universities in specialties (direction of study) related to the exact and technical sciences is characterized by a high dropout rate, starting from the first year of study. The current level of school education, the system for selecting applicants through the USE procedure, in many cases does not guarantee that future students will be able to successfully master science-intensive specialties. An emphasis on student-centered, individual learning is possible only after students have proven themselves in the early stages of their studies. Therefore, the anticipatory identification of the ability of yesterday's applicants to study effectively is a very urgent task. In this paper, we consider methods for constructing decision trees designed to classify students, highlighting from them a lot of those (risk group) who, with a high degree of probability, will be expelled after the first academic cycle (trimester). At the same time, the minimum information about the freshmen, recorded in their personal file, is used as input data. The construction of the model was carried out according to the data on students of the applied mathematics and computer science direction of the Perm State National Research University for a five-year period of sets of 2014-2018. At the same time, the information from 2014-2017 was used for training, and the flow of 2018 was used as a test one. At the stage of machine learning, several models of decision trees were considered, which were optimized using balancing, restrictions on the maximum tree depth and the minimum number of elements in a leaf. The effectiveness of the binary classification was assessed using a matrix of inaccuracies and a number of numerical criteria obtained on its basis. As a result of machine learning, a decision tree was built, which predicted 16 out of 17 people expelled from the first trimester into the risk group. That is, for a number of reasons, they turned out to be incapable of learning in the direction of applied mathematics and computer science. In addition, it was possible to determine the level of significance of various types of initial data, showing that the results of the USE largely determine the success of students at this stage of training. The definition of the risk group provides certain guidelines for the purposeful activity of teachers and university psychologists, which ultimately can serve as a basis for improving the quality of education and reducing dropout rates. The work performed demonstrates the capabilities of data mining methods in solving poorly formalized tasks characteristic of this type of human activity.