The specificity of socio-psychological adaptation of students of pedagogical university in the city and district centre

The main purpose of this study is to study the influence of socio-pedagogical conditions of the educational environment in the pedagogical University of the megalopolis and the district center on the dynamics of mental health indicators of students in the learning process. The study was based on the results of testing 167 students aged 18-22 at the pedagogical University in Novosibirsk and its branch in Kuibyshev using the author's computer program. The obtained data were processed using the methods of variation and difference statistics. For the study of mental health, the following characteristics were used: the level of socio-psychological adaptation, the degree of anxiety and aggression, motivation for success, memory and attention, mental performance, and neurodynamics. The results obtained indicate certain differences and features of the influence of the socio-pedagogical environment of universities in the megalopolis and the district center on the dynamics of mental health indicators of students at the time of graduation. At the beginning of training, the level of socio-psychological adaptation of students was higher in the metropolis compared to the district center, but by the time of graduation, these differences disappeared. It was due to increase of adaptability of students in the district center, but graduates of the University in the metropolis had higher motivation for success and lower level of situational anxiety. The specificity of these differences was due to the impact on the formation of the psychosocial status of students including socio-pedagogical and personal factors that affected the level of mental health of students.