ANALYSIS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIESOF STUDENT YOUTH IN THE CONDITIONS OF WAR

The purpose of the article is to analyze studies of the psychological peculiarities of student youth in the context of social processes related to the Russian-Ukrainian war. The implementation of this research objective is based on the usage of a set of theoretical methods - analysis, synthesis, generalization, and modeling. It has been determined that the actual directions of scientific research on this issue are the study of the emotional sphere of young people, adaptation to military conditions of students, and their psychological characteristics in the context of distance learning. It has been determined that the emotional sphere of students is characterized by anxiety, depression, predominance of verbal aggression, and irritability. The factors of student stress are various and depend on the specific course of hostilities. Adaptation to the educational process in the conditions of war is complicated by the loss of motivation to study, lack of systemic psychological assistance, and potential discrimination. Conditions of wartime change attitudes toward the chosen profession which can potentially change the evaluation of personal future. It has been determined that the key changes in the conditions of war are carried out in such mental phenomena of student youth as the emotional sphere, motivation to study, professional self-awareness, and professional orientation. The practical value of the obtained results consists in the substantiation of planning and implementation of psychological assistance programs for higher education students. Prospects for further research on the problem are seen in planning and conducting empirical studies of the cognitive, emotional, and communicative spheres of student youth in conditions of war.