HEALTH METHODOLOGY FOR REDUCING ANXIETY AND SUPPORTING THE FUNCTIONAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN
The health deterioration of children in Ukraine largely depends on such factors as economic instability in the country, environmental pollution, poor nutrition, lack of health intervention. A particularly important factor is the lifestyle. Health is an integral characteristic of an individual and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Alfred Nobel University Publisher
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Vìsnik Unìversitetu ìmenì Alʹfreda Nobelâ: Serìâ Pedagogìka ì Psihologiâ |
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| Online Access: | https://pedpsy.duan.edu.ua/images/PDF/2022/2/16.pdf |
| Summary: | The health deterioration of children in Ukraine largely depends on such factors as economic instability
in the country, environmental pollution, poor nutrition, lack of health intervention. A particularly important
factor is the lifestyle.
Health is an integral characteristic of an individual and determines the quality of life. Preservation
and strengthening of student’s health, the increase of motor activity level, development and further
improvement of basic physical qualities are the main tasks of physical education of primary school
children and the priority directions of the development of our society. Health-improving, pedagogical and
educational tasks should be solved in a complex, only in this case the effective multipurpose influence
and development of primary school children will be effective. The purpose of the study – to develop the
methodology of using health-improving exercises aimed at reducing the level of anxiety and maintaining
the optimal level of the functional state for primary school children during a full-fledged war. Research
organization. The study was performed from April 2022 to October 2022 (including the summer holidays)
at the premises of General Academic School № 35, Dnipro. The experimental groups consisted of 17
boys and 13 girls; the control groups consisted of 16 boys and 14 girls, who were classified into the main
medical group according to the health condition. The developed methodology consists of two blocks that
complement each other and thus have a comprehensive impact on the children: theoretical and practical.
Results. The data obtained during the research revealed both positive and negative dynamics. The
obtained data of the analysis of anxiety according to the Philips psychology test showed very interesting
results. Thanks to the developed methodology, such aspects as: experiencing social stress, frustration
of the need to achieve success, fear of self-expression and low physiological resistance to stress were
eliminated for children. The obtained data will complement the existing ones and will make it possible to
contribute to the study. In our research, the data obtained by the Kettle index after the implementation
of the developed health-improving methodology were arranged as follows - in the experimental group the
indicators increased by 16.72% (p <0.05), and in the control group only by 8.51% (p<0.05). Movement is
very important for primary school children and has a positive effect on weight and height. Analysing the
data obtained according to the Skibinski index, it was noted that all of them significantly increased, which
means the functions of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems of schoolchildren were within the norm
and developed in accordance with the laws of child’s age physiology. The data of the Ruffier’s functional
test in the control group became lower (position average 55.62% and below average 44.38% level for the
assessment of physical performance (p<0.05) under the influence of distance learning, because it led to a
sedentary lifestyle. On the contrary, the data of the experimental group improved due to the developed
method – the position of the average 71.58% and above the average 28.42% level for the assessment of
physical performance (p<0.05). But the experimental groups showed the best result, this is due to the
fact that while building the methodology we took into account not only sensitive development, but also
those aspects that would motivate children to develop and maintain both mental and physical health.
Conclusion. The obtained results testify the effectiveness of developed methodology, which consisted of
two blocks with the prioritized use of health-improving exercises as a new tool for the healthy lifestyle
formation. |
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| ISSN: | 2522-4115 2522-9133 |