THE DYNAMICS OF ANXIETY OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL FORMATION

The article analyzes various approaches to the interpretation of the “anxiety” concepts; one of them sounds as “the individual psychological characteristic developed as the proneness of a person to the frequent and deeply felt anxiety states”; and “the anxiety”, as the response to the impending danger – actual or visionary, that represents diffused, generalized or groundless fear, is connected with the failures expectation. The anxious feeling appears from the first minutes of life, is captured and becomes the inner personal characteristic. The characteristic of an anxious person includes the following statements: personal-significant situation or coming dangers are experienced by this person with different intensity, they are proportional to the degree of danger or the feeling cause significance, are accompanied by the changes in behavior, and mobilize the defense mechanisms of the person. The author defines the trait anxiety when a person is inclined to the permanent anxiety feelings in different reality situations, experiences permanent state of uprush of fear; and the state anxiety caused by a certain situation can play a positive role, be a mobilizing mechanism allowing a person to come to the problem solving seriously and responsibly. The author indicated the anxiety physical functions influencing the cognitive, affective and behavioral reactions of a person. The qualitative analysis of the results of research of the university students’ anxiety during their professional formation showed that the state anxiety is demonstrated by the students at the beginning and at the end of the study, and in the middle of the study this level lowers. The level of trait anxiety is normal at the initial and intermediate stages of the study, and by the end of the study at the university this anxiety level is expressed enough.