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THE EFFECTS OF EXAM STRESS ON THE FUNCTIONAL STATE OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM AND LEVEL OF ANXIETY IN STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY

Волгоградский государственный социально-педагогический университет

Abstract

We studied the function of the cardiovascular system as well as personal and situational anxiety in students during examinations taking into account individual features of higher nervous activity. We found that situational anxiety and the sympathetic tone were much higher in individuals with an emotionally unstable type of higher nervous activity as compared to other study subjects.

Keywords

exam stress, personal and situational anxiety, cardiovascular system, individual features of higher nervous activity.

Contacts

Надежкина Елена Юрьевна — к. б. н., доцент, Волгоградский государственный социально-педагогический университет, кафедра эколого-биологического образования и медико-педагогических дисциплин; e-mail gurinae@mail.ru