Citation

Kassen G, Mynbayeva A, Kudaibergenova A. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Educ. 2016; 11(18): 11557-11567.

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(Copyright © 2016, IJESE)

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Abstract

In order to diagnose anti vital activity of young people (mental and behavioral activity, aimed at the reduction and/or termination of their own social and biological functioning) an association test to study the reaction time of young people to the words-stimuli relevant to the theme of death was used. 90 persons aged 16 to 19 years were examined according to the standard technique. The results of the study show that the median time of reaction to the word-stimuli relevant to the theme of death is more (p < 0.01) than the median time of reaction to the neutral words-stimuli, which proves that there are unnatural trends against life inside the individual (that start to actively function under certain conditions). As an auxiliary method the closest prototype of the association test - the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation - was used. It allowed detecting that all the suicidal risk factors (isolation, expected fatality, final actions) were present in all age groups that took part in the mini-research. The scores on this scale show high intensity of suicidal intentions in young people. Based on indirect evaluation of the reliability of the two above methods by the Rorschach Comprehensive System the following peculiarities, which can be appraised as indicators of antivital activity were detected: expressed pessimism in thinking, emotional distress caused by excessive overload with negative emotions, inefficient style of problem solving, excessive level of reflection. In general, the obtained results allow making conclusion that mentally healthy young people (learning at schools and tertiary institutions) have a complex of death - affect-charged group of ideas relevant to the theme of death. The assumption that the complex of death is related to further suicidal behavior, i.e. violence of the individual against himself proves that early prophylaxis of this syndrome is required. In future it is planned to work out a complex strategy of prophylaxis of suicidal behavior based on the development of positive thinking and vital activity of young students in accordance with the results of the conducted study.

Keywords: Self-destructive behavior, suicidal behavior, vital activity, anti vital activity, associative thinking, association test, a complex of death

Language: en