EC Clinical and Medical Case Reports

Introduction: Children's anxiety and the possibility of timely correction in case of early manifestations of this condition are topical issues of children's health care, since timely solution of the problem at preschool and primary school age can prevent the accumulation of negative emotional experience and prevent the development of negative personality traits in the future. Children's anxiety refers to the individual psychological characteristics of the child, which, unfortunately, are not always noted in a timely manner by the adult environment of the child.

Purpose of the Study: To assess the level of anxiety in children in the first years of schooling.

Research Methods: An observational study with a prospective evaluation of the results was carried out in the conditions of a typical school in Krasnoyarsk in the period March-May 2021. At the first stage (formation of the target group), the results of a survey of parents of 70 children of primary school age (grades 1 - 4) were analyzed using the Lavrentiev method. G.P., Titarenko T.M. (1992). The sample of children had no gender differences, the median age of the examined was 8.9 (8.4; 10.4).

Results: The approach used (surveying parents) made it possible to identify a group of children with increased anxiety, which was not previously considered as a borderline condition that requires close attention due to the high risk of developing an anxious-neurotic personality type, a negative impact on the intellectual development of the child and somatic well-being. It was found that out of 70 examined children of primary school age, in 50 cases (71.4%), personality traits were noted, which made it possible to identify 5 behavioral options. At the same time, the predominant types were irritability (44.5%), disorders of adaptive reactions (42.8%) and increased excitability (20.4%) (p ≤ 0.05).

Keywords: Children; Schoolchildren's Health; Behavioral Disorders; Childhood Anxiety

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