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Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
2021. Vol. 29, no. 2, 164–184
doi:10.17759/cpp.2021290208
ISSN: 2075-3470 / 2311-9446 (online)

The Psychoemotional Condition of Nurses of The Psychiatric Profile in the Arctic

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N.L. Solovevskaia, P.S. Tereshchenko

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Abstract

Professional activity in the conditions of the Arctic has certain features affecting the psycho-emotional condition of a person that can lead to the development of psychosomatic disorders and physical diseases. We evaluated the level of anxiety of psychiatric nurses (N=55) in the conditions of the Arctic for the purpose of early identification of premorbid states, prevention of emergence of psycho-emotional disturbances, and psychosomatic diseases in nurses. We determined that work experience, age, and shift work influenced the level of situational and personal anxiety. It was revealed that an increase in anxiety which is a symptom of psycho-emotional tension, depended on social factors (income and marital status), shift work, and managerial responsibilities and can be aggravated both with features of professional activity, and accommodation to the conditions of the Far North.

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Keywords: The Arctic, nurses, anxiety, climatic conditions, psychoemotional pressure, stress

Journal rubric: Empirical Researches

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2021290208

Funding. The study was carried out as part of a scientific project 0226-2019-0064 “The study of integrative effects and mechanisms of individual and combined effect of natural factors of the Arctic milieu and concomitant agents on the organisms of the native and newly arrived inhabitants of the Arctic region. The development of new technologies of health preservation in accordance to the peculiarities of living in the extreme conditions of the Arctic”. State registration no. АААА-А17-117020110070-6.

For citation: Solovevskaia N.L., Tereshchenko P.S. The Psychoemotional Condition of Nurses of The Psychiatric Profile in the Arctic. Konsul'tativnaya psikhologiya i psikhoterapiya = Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy, 2021. Vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 164–184. DOI: 10.17759/cpp.2021290208. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Natalia L. Solovevskaia, Junior Researcher, Research Centre for Human Adapta tion in the Arctic, Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9231-0617, e-mail: silva189@mail.ru

Pavel S. Tereshchenko, PhD in Medicine, Senior Researcher, Research Centre for Human Adaptation in the Arctic — Branch of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8966-3163, e-mail: tereshchenko_pash@mail.ru

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