The Influence of Irrational Beliefs on Attitudes to Dangers among Medical and Psychological-Pedagogical Students

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Abstract

Attitude towards dangers is the most important indicator of a person's adaptability to the surrounding reality. It includes sensitivity to threats and the choice of adequate or inappropriate responses to dangerous situations. Attitudes to danger are influenced by many factors. This study tested the hypothesis on the effect of irrational beliefs on the types of attitudes to dangers among students of medical and psychological-pedagogical profile. A total of 438 future medical students and educational psychologists of three higher educational institutions of Russia aged 17 to 40 years (average age - 19.5 ± 2.8 years old) took part in the study. Men - 121, women - 317. The author's questionnaires were used to identify sensitivity to threats and people's choice of ways to respond in situations of danger, as well as a list of the irrational beliefs of A. Beck and A. Freeman. Mathematical processing was carried out using the φ * criterion - Fisher's angular transformation and Pearson's dichotomous correlation coefficient. As a result, many positive and negative connections of irrational beliefs with the types of students' attitudes towards dangers were found. In particular, exaggeration of dangers among men is determined by obsessive-compulsive beliefs, and among women - by avoidant beliefs; ignoring dangers - among men is determined by the beliefs of the antisocial type, and among women - by the beliefs of the passive-aggressive and histrionic types. As a result, it is concluded that irrational beliefs, along with other psychological factors, make a significant contribution to the formation of a particular type of personality's attitude to dangers. By creating conditions for overcoming certain irrational beliefs and replacing them with rational ones, it is possible to influence the optimization of a person's attitude to dangers. The results can be used in the training of medical and psychological-pedagogical students, as well as in the activities of psychological services of universities, aimed at correcting students' inadequate types of attitude to dangers.


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Vancouver
Maralov VG, Sitarov VA, Koryagina II, Romanyuk LV, Kudaka MA. The Influence of Irrational Beliefs on Attitudes to Dangers among Medical and Psychological-Pedagogical Students. Int J Pharm Res Allied Sci. 2021;10(1):77-87. https://doi.org/10.51847/Gqcy-uT
APA
Maralov, V. G., Sitarov, V. A., Koryagina, I. I., Romanyuk, L. V., & Kudaka, M. A. (2021). The Influence of Irrational Beliefs on Attitudes to Dangers among Medical and Psychological-Pedagogical Students. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Allied Sciences, 10(1), 77-87. https://doi.org/10.51847/Gqcy-uT