Anxiety Experiences of Primary Schoolchildren at the End of the Primary School

This article is dedicated to studying the features of anxiety experienced by fourth graders at the end of their primary school stage. In the theoretical part of the article, the concept of “anxiety” is analyzed, its factors are highlighted, the features of changes in the social situation of the development and maturation of children at the stage of preparing and performing certification work based on the results of training in primary school (VPR), and its influence on the emotional state of 4th grade schoolchildren are outlined. The empirical part of the article is presented by a description of the results of a research aimed at studying not only school anxiety, but also other types of anxiety (general, self-esteem, interpersonal and magical) at the end of primary school. The sample consisted of 52 subjects: 23 boys and 29 girls. For diagnosis, the “Personal Anxiety Scale” method (A.M. Prikhozhan) and a diagnostic conversation were used. The diagnostic results serve as the basis for psychological prevention and correction of anxiety in 4th grade schoolchildren at the end of primary school, and act as guidelines for to determine guidelines for determining recommendations for the creation of psychological and pedagogical conditions for the successful adaptation of younger schoolchildren during the transition to secondary school.

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