INFLUENCE OF URBAN AND RURAL ENVIRONMENTS ON THE MANIFESTATION OF ANXIETY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN: A CASE STUDY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SAKHA (YAKUTIA)
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Author(s): | Andreeva Yu. A., Platonova Z. N., |
| Number of journal: | 2(75) | Date: | June 2026 |
| Annotation: | The article presents the results of a study on anxiety in primary school children living in urban and rural areas of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The study focused on situational, personal, academic, self-evaluative, and interpersonal anxiety, as well as the structure of their interrelations. The aim of the work is to identify and compare the levels of situational, personal, academic, self-evaluative, and interpersonal anxiety in children from different environmental conditions. The hypothesis assumed that rural schoolchildren demonstrate higher scores on a number of anxiety types (personal, self-evaluative, academic) due to the greater publicity and limited social circle characteristic of the rural environment. The study involved 60 children (30 from the city and 30 from the countryside). Three methods were used: Spielberger–Khanin Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Prikhozhan Anxiety Scale, and the “Non-existent Animal” drawing test (M. Z. Dukarevich). Statistical analysis included Mann– Whitney U test. The analysis of the results showed that anxiety levels differ between children from different environments. Significant differences were found on the scales of personal and self-evaluative anxiety, with rural schoolchildren demonstrating higher scores. More than half of the children from rural areas have a high level of personal anxiety, which is twice the rate of urban children. At the same time, situational anxiety in urban children is less pronounced, which may indicate the presence of hidden fears that are not always detected by standard methods but can be identified using projective drawing tests. | ||
| Keywords: | anxiety, primary school age, urban environment, rural environment, situational anxiety, personal anxiety, academic anxiety, interpersonal anxiety, self-evaluative anxiety, environmental factors |
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| For citation: | Platonova Z. N., Andreeva Yu. A. Influence of urban and rural environments on the manifestation of anxiety in primary school children: a case study of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2026;2(75):486—492. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2026.75.1630. |
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