Features of Anxiety and Self-Regulation of Mental Activity in a Virtual Environment

Abstract

The problem of anxiety research is the most relevant in Russian psychology. High rates of anxiety lead to a decrease in the efficiency and productivity of people's activities, to difficulties in their socialization and interpersonal communication. An important task of modern science and practice is the timely diagnosis of anxiety of subjects and the development of productive methods and techniques for regulating their behavior. The empirical study is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of self-regulation of mental activity and anxiety of subjects in a virtual environment (students aged 18-23 years). As part of the diagnostic stage, the methodology of Ch.D. Spielberger - Yu.L. Khanin and the questionnaire "Style of self-regulation of behavior" (SSPM) by V.I. Morosanova were used. At the formative stage, students were involved in conducting virtual reality programs from the first person. The reliability of differences in indicators of situational anxiety (p = 0.000711, (p ≤ 0.05)), personal anxiety (p = 0.000609, (p ≤ 0.05)) and behavioral styles on all scales after the subjects' work in a virtual environment was confirmed by the Wilcoxon statistical criterion.