UDC

614.2-053.6 (470.11):613.1 (470.11)

Authors

Tikhonova Elena Vasilyevna
Northern State Medical University (Arkhangelsk, Russia)
e-mail: tiholog@mail.ru
Pashchenko Vladimir Petrovich
Northern State Medical University (Arkhangelsk, Russia)
e-mail: paschenkow@mail.ru
Gudkov Andrey Borisovich
Institute of Hygiene and Human Ecology, Northern State Medical University (Arkhangelsk, Russia)
e-mail: gudkovab@nsmu.ru
Lukmanova Natalya Borisovna
Institute of Physical Education, Sport and Health, Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov (Arkhangelsk, Russia)
e-mail: n.lukmanova@narfu.ru

Abstract

In 2004 and 2014, the authors of this article conducted a survey among tenth and eleventh formers and used its results for a comparative study of the attitudes of senior pupils living in Arkhangelsk to seasonal and environmental factors producing, as they believe, a negative effect on their health. The aim was to investigate social factors and self-evaluation of the psychophysiological state of senior pupils in the European North, depending on the climatic and social changes (computerization). We found that pupils tend to associate high incidence of seasonal diseases with adverse climatic factors. A large number of pupils believe winter and spring to be the “disease seasons”. In their view, changes in their sleep pattern and the way they feel in winter occur at low temperatures during the period of polar twilight and in spring during the transition period. In 2014, the number of pupils reporting winter fatigue, mood changes and sleepiness was higher than in 2004. It should be noted that less pupils are now engaged in physical activities. These changes coincide with intensive computerization of school education. Thus, we believe that the negative self-assessment of students’ health status may be caused not only by climatic factors, but also by the dramatically increased over the past decade use of computers and mobile phones both for education and entertainment.

Keywords

senior pupils, European North, seasonal factors, environmental factors, ecological conditions, social changes, computerization, information technology

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