МОРФОФИЗИОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ И ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ ГОРОДСКОЙ МОЛОДЕЖИ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ ДЕВУШЕК ДВУХ ЭТНИЧЕСКИХ ГРУПП Г. САРАНСКА)

Abstract

Introduction. The ongoing urbanization, on the one hand, promotes the unification of people of different ethnic and social groups and cultures, enriching them. On the other hand, it smoothes and even destroys cultural differences, creating multicultural communities. Questions about the similarities or differences in the morphophysiological status of the ethnically diverse population living in the same territory are of interest. The aim of the study is to analyze the morphophysiological and psychological characteristics of students of various ethnicities living in the city of Saransk (on the example of girls).Materials and methods. The work is based on the materials of a comprehensive anthropological survey of students of higher educational institutions in Saransk. Morphological (body height and weight, waist and hip girths, body components), physiological (indicators of cardiovascular, respiratory and musculoskeletal systems, level of adaptive potential) and psychological (level of anxiety, depression, stress resistance, aggressiveness) characteristics of girls of different ethnicity (East Slavic ethnic groups, Mordovains and mixed origin) were evaluated. The total number of participants – 107, aged 17 – 21.Results. According to the average values of morphological signs, the girls of Saransk do not differ from their peers from Europe and North America, and according to physiological indicators they correspond to the established norms. The value of the adaptive potential corresponds to the functional stress. The level of anxiety, depression and aggressiveness can be assessed as average, and according to the indicator of stress resistance, the girls of Saransk belong to the category «propensity to type A» (instability to stress is often manifested). There were no statistically significant differences in morphofunctional and psychological indicators between groups of girls of different ethnic origin.Conclusion. Due to the absence of statistically significant differences in the studied characteristics between groups of girls of different ethnic origin, the identified features can be considered as regional. To exclude the possible influence of the socio-economic heterogeneity of the group on morphophysiological features, it is necessary to expand the research program with a detailed questionnaire.