ASSESSMENT OF THE INDICATORS OF ACTIVITY AND OPTIMISM, ADAPTIVE POTENTIAL, AND LEVEL OF PHYSICAL FITNESS AMONG STUDENTS STUDYING IN THE FIELD OF "PHYSICAL CULTURE"

The purpose of the study – to assess the indicators of activity and optimism, adaptive potential, and the level of physical fitness of students studying in the field of "Physical Culture." The relevance of this research is driven by the need to evaluate the factors of stress resistance in students as future physical education teachers.
Research methods and organization: theoretical analysis of literary sources, surveys, testing of physical fitness levels, functional diagnostics, expert evaluation, statistical methods. The study involved students from the 1st to 3rd years of the Faculty of Physical Culture, Natural Sciences, and Environmental Management of the Kuzbass State Humanities and Pedagogical Institute.
Research results allowed for the identification of five personality types among students according to the AOS scale, based on the expression of activity and optimism indicators, and provided their characteristics. Additionally, the results of the study included an assessment of students based on their adaptive potential indicators and level of physical fitness.
Conclusions. The obtained data must be taken into account in the professional training of students studying in the field of "Physical Culture" to enhance their psychological and physical health.

higher physical education, physical culture teacher, activity, optimism, adaptive potential, level of physical fitness