PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE OF STUDENTS UNDER DISTANCE LEARNING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The study deals with the current problem of the psychological state, coping behavior and psychological resources of students during distance learning in 2020. The study involved 136 students (58.8% girls and 41.2% boys) aged 17 to 21 years, studying at different faculties. In the course of study, an author's questionnaire, aimed at studying the general psychological state of students as well as determining the coping strategies used by students, was compiled. The main difficulties students faced with during this period were identified. They include, first of all, educational (the amount of tasks, academic deadlines), technical (communication failures, acquisition of new studying platforms) and communicative (communication difficulties of students due to quarantine, high emotional tension and conflicts due to self-isolation with close people and relatives, untimely and inaccurate feedback from teachers or fear of contac ting to the teacher for additional explanations ). The psychologi cal coping resources were identified both for boys and girls, these are communication with close people, self organization, strong-will personality. Communication with close people for girls turned out to be a higher priority resource comparing with boys. The study tracked the dynamic characteristics of the psychological state of students (cognitive, emotional, behavioral components) and their changes during the distance learning period. A relatively calm and optimistic state and rest were replaced by a period of anxiety and active work, which determined the emotional stability of students duringexamination period.