Interpersonal communication of students and mental health data

Abstract

Introduction. Interpersonal communication is considered as a complex social process both in psychology and pedagogy. Communication in general requires more in-depth study, especially in correlation with mental health data. The data were obtained in the period from 2015 to 2020 in Chelyabinsk. The sample included students of the Institute of Sport, Tourism and Service of the South Ural State University at the age of 20.85 ± 0.21 years and sports experience of 6.21 ± 0.59 years. The sample composed of female students involved in various sports: gymnastics, hiking, athletics, aerobics, shaping, step aerobics, dancing, skiing, as well as sambo, judo, karate. Two groups of female students with a high and low level of communication skills were tested. Diagnostics of mental health and interpersonal communication was carried out using the self-assessment test on a ten-point scale. Result.Significant differences in the group of students with a high level of communication abilities in comparison with a group of students with a low level of communication abilities were identified by the following mental health data: well-being, mood in ordinary life, adaptation to various stimuli, emotional status, adaptation to social conditions, the ability to control emotional and volitional spheres, the ability to develop and maintain one’s opinion, the desire to study and engage in sports, work, knowledge of one’s inner world and the ability to manage it, the ability to optimize one’s mental health under stress and the level of one’s mental health status. At the same time, in the group of students with a low level of communication skills, there is a higher and significant difference in two parameters of mental health: mental stress and mental fatigue in ordinary life.Conclusion. It was revealed that interpersonal communication of students involved in sports is determined bythe manifestation of certain mental health components.