DIFFICULT LIFE SITUATIONS OF STUDENTS

The seminar will consider the experience of studying psychological well-being in the perspective of a situational-event approach. The high psychological vulnerability of students is argued. The advantages of the situational-event approach in understanding the manifestation of psychological well-being/disadvantage in comparison with the dispositional one are outlined. The results of a search empirical study of the difficulties faced by modern students are presented. The result of the analysis of the students' open responses was a list of 49 difficult life situations combined into eight clusters: Adaptation to the technical conditions of studying, Adaptation to a new stage of studying, Lack of physical and psychological resources, Organization of classes at an educational office, Social conditions of studying, Current life tasks, Adaptation to a new place, and Loss and fear of loss. The most frequent and rare difficulties are analyzed, the number and configuration of which vary depending on gender, level of education, and the fact of moving (more for girls, undergraduate students and those who changed their place of residence during their studies). The results obtained can make the work of university psychological services more effective.