Empirical analysis of risk behavior factors in the educational environment of the university

   Introduction. The modern reality in which the student's personality is becoming in the educational environment of the university is fraught with risks and threats in various spheres of life.

   The purpose of the study was to conduct a comparative analysis of the results of psychological testing of first-year students aimed at identifying the behavioral characteristics of students prone to aggressive behavior and suicidal risk for the 2019-2024 academic years.

   It justifies the need to study the main problems that students turn to a psychologist to build a strategy for interacting with them and introducing programs aimed at increasing the personality's resistance to life difficulties.

   Materials and methods. The results of face-to-face psychological testing of first-year students for the academic years 2019-2024, aimed at identifying individual psychological and behavioral characteristics of students prone to aggressive behavior and suicidal risks, are presented. Methods used: A. Beck's Depression Scale, Cook-Medley Hostility Scale, Aggressiveness Test (questionnaire L.G. Pochebut). An analysis of 3,837 psychological consultations with students for the 2019 - 2025 academic years was carried out. The categories of appeals were studied and the main problems of students in dynamics were identified during consultations with psychologists of the Center.

   Results. Analysis of the dynamics of the frequency of severe and severe depression in first-year students showed that the peak of severe and severe depression was in the academic years 2021-2022 and 2023-2024. Results were obtained on the level of aggression among students. Analysis of the results showed the preservation of indicators of the average level of aggression in half of the students surveyed, a high percentage of cynicism occurs in half of the students surveyed. There are three main groups of problems that students most often addressed during psychological counseling with psychologists.

   Discussion and conclusions. The results obtained and their analysis revealed some tendencies in first-year students prone to aggressive behavior and a depressive state. The identified groups of problems that students most often address during consultations with psychologists of the Center will allow a more differentiated approach to the compilation of programs of psycho-corrective measures aimed at forming the personality's resistance to life difficulties.

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