Characteristics of anxiety in children at primary school age: the modern psychological aspect

anxiety occupies a special place among negative experiences, leading to a decrease in working capacity, efficiency, and communication difficulties. An abrupt change in the social situation of the child's development and leading activity requires adaptation to a new social environment. Anxiety includes various aspects of persistent school emotional distress. It is expressed in excitement, increased anxiety in educational situations, in the classroom, in anticipation of a bad attitude towards oneself, negative assessment from teachers, peers. The child is not sure of the correctness of his behavior. The importance of studying this issue is explained by the need to prevent the occurrence of negative emotional states in a timely manner, to identify and eliminate their causes, as these conditions may become more pronounced in school. The article presents the results of a study to determine the differences in the severity and structure of anxiety in boys and girls at primary school age. The data can be used by psychologists of educational organizations to develop programs for the prevention and overcoming of anxiety, to make recommendations for teachers and parents, and to develop special courses in general, age, and educational psychology.

anxiety, primary school age, student's psychological health, elementary school, communication, personality, fear, emotional experience