The "raw" score for each scale is compared with the diagnostic limits determined according to the laws of mathematical statistics:

(M+-S),

where M - the mean of the normative sample; S- standard deviation.

Mean and standard deviation values

4.5.2. Assessment of neuropsychic stress

To conduct the study, you can use the questionnaire of neuropsychic stress (NPN), proposed by T. A. Nemchin. The questionnaire is a list of signs of neuropsychic stress, compiled according to clinical and psychological observation. The questionnaire included 30 main characteristics of this condition, divided into three degrees of severity.

The study is carried out individually in a separate, well-lit and isolated room from extraneous sounds and noises.

Instruction to the subject: "Please fill in the right part of the form, marking with a plus sign those lines whose content corresponds to the features of your condition at the present time."

QUESTIONNAIRE OF NEURO-MENTAL STRESS (NPN)

1. The presence of physical discomfort:

a) the complete absence of any unpleasant physical sensations;

b) there are minor discomfort that does not interfere with work;

c) the presence of a large number of unpleasant physical sensations that seriously interfere with work.

2. The presence of pain:

a) complete absence of any pain;

b) pain sensations periodically appear, but quickly disappear and do not interfere with work;

c) there are constant pain sensations that significantly interfere with work.

ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL STATES

QUESTIONNAIRE SAN.

(Moscow Medical Institute named after Sechenov).

Assessment of well-being, activity, mood.

INSTRUCTIONS: select and mark the number that most accurately reflects the state at the time of the examination.

CARD OF THE SAN METHOD

1. Feeling good 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 Feeling bad

2. Feel strong Feel weak

3. Passive Active

4. Sedentary Movable

5. Cheerful Sad

6. Good mood Bad mood

7. Workable Broken

8. Full of strength Exhausted

9. Slow Fast

10. Inactive Active

11. Happy Unhappy

12. Cheerful Gloomy

14. Healthy Sick

15. Indifferent Passionate

16. Indifferent Agitated

17. Enthusiastic Dull

18. Joyful Sad

19. Rested Tired

20. Fresh Exhausted

21. Sleepy Excited

22. Desire to rest Desire to work

23. Calm Concerned

24. Optimistic Pessimistic

25. Hardy Tired

26. Cheerful Sluggish

27. Thinks hard Thinks easily

28. Distracted Attentive

29. Hopeful Disappointed

30. Satisfied Dissatisfied

TREATMENT: Index 3, corresponding to negative characteristics, is taken as one point, 2 - for 2, 1 - for 3 points, 0 - for 4.1 - for 5, 2 - for 6, 3 - for 7.

Questionnaire code: questions for well-being - 1,2,7,8,13, 14, 19, 20, 25, 26

for activity - 3,4,9,10,15,16,21.22,27, 28

for mood - 5,6,11,12,17,18,23,24,29,30.

The arithmetic mean is calculated. Well-being - 5.4

Activity - 5.0

Mood - 5.4.

MOOD ASSESSMENT

1. I feel extremely cheerful.

2. Neighbors (other students) are very annoying to me.

3. I experience some painful feeling.

4. I would rather experience a sense of peace (lessons, classes, a quarter would end).

5. Leave me alone, don't disturb me.

6. The state is such that it is ready to move mountains.

7. The test score was not accepted, causing a feeling of dissatisfaction.

8. Amazing mood - I want to sing, dance, kiss with joy everyone I see.

9. There are a lot of people around me who can act dishonorably, do evil. From any person you can expect an unseemly act.

10. All the buildings around, all the buildings on the streets seem surprisingly unsuccessful to me.

11. I am ready to say rudeness to everyone I meet.

12. I walk joyfully, I don’t feel my legs under me.

13. The mood is such that I want to say - "Damn everything!".

14. I don’t want to see anyone, I don’t want to talk to anyone.

15. I want to say: “Stop bothering me, get rid of it!”.

16. All people, without exception, seem good to me. All of them are adorable without exception.

17. I do not see any difficulties ahead. Everything is easy! Everything is available!

18. My future seems very sad to me.

19. It happens worse, but rarely.

20. I do not trust even the closest people.

21. Cars honk sharply on the street, but these sounds are perceived as pleasant music.

Instruction: answer - "yes", "no", "vice versa".

Mood: 9 points - 20 answers "no", 4 - 9 - 10 answers.

6 -16-17 , 1-5 or less

Asthenic condition: answers "yes" to questions - 2,3,4,5,7,9,10,11,13,14,15,18,19,20.

The answers are vice versa - 1,6,8,12,16,17.

The fewer responses indicated, the better the condition.

9 points - 1-2 answers, 8 b. - 3, 7 b - 4, 6 b - 5 - 6, 5 b - 7 - 8, 4 b - 9-10, 3 b - 11 - 13, 2 b - 14-15, 1 b - 17 or more.

State of euphoria: yes answers to questions 1,6,8,12,16,17..

The answers are vice versa 2,3,4,5,7,9,10,11,13,14,15,18,19,20.

The more answers, the more pronounced euphoria (inadequate assessment of events). 9b - 6 answers, 8b - 7, 7b - 8-9, 6b - 10-12, 5b - 10-13, 4b - 14-15, 3b - 16-17, 2b - 18-19, 1b - 20 .

Depression.

Answer options:

1 - no, incorrect,

2 - probably so

4 is absolutely correct.

1. I feel depressed, longing

2. I feel my best in the morning

3. I have tears in my eyes

4. I have a bad night's sleep

5. My appetite is not worse than usual

6. I enjoy talking to attractive people.

7. I'm losing weight

8. I am worried about constipation

9. My heart is beating faster than usual.

10. I get tired for no reason

11. I think as clearly as ever.

12. It's easy for me to do what I can

13. I feel restless and cannot sit still.

14. I hope for the future

15. I am more irritable than usual.

16. It's easy for me to make decisions

17. I feel useful and necessary

18. I live a fairly full life

19. I feel that other people will feel better if I am gone.

20. I am happy now, which always made me happy

PROCESSING THE RESULTS:

After filling out the text form, the points scored by the subjects are calculated. The questionnaire contains 10 "direct" questions (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 19) and 10 "reverse" questions (2, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17 , 18, 20). Each answer is estimated from 1 to 4 points. “Direct” and “Reverse” answers are counted, summed up and the “raw” score is converted into a scale score using the formula

X = sum x 100

The average value of the mood decline index is 40.25 + 5.99 points.

Below 50 points - persons who do not have a decrease in mood.

From 51 to 59 points - slightly, but clearly pronounced decrease in mood.

From 60 to 60 points - - a significant decrease in mood and above 70 points - a deep decrease in mood (subdepression or depression).

4.How are you feeling?

Instruction: Choose one answer for each test question.

1. What will you do if you see that the bus has time to get to the stop before you?

a) take "legs" in "hands" to catch up with him

b) skip it, there will be a next one

c) speed up a little

2. Will you go hiking

c) reluctantly

3. If you have a working day, will you lose the desire to do something that promises to be interesting.

b) the desire disappears, but you hope that you will feel better, and therefore do not give up your plan

On the scales, the subject notes his typical, repeating day-to-day condition, crossing out on each scale the one of the numbers that best suits him. Large numbers indicate the predominance of good mood, and small numbers indicate the dominance of bad mood.

EVALUATION OF RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS.

The sum of the scores chosen by the subjects on all 30 scales is divided by 30, and the result is an average indicator that reflects the mood prevailing in this subject. A person with an average score in the range of 5 to 7 is considered to be in a good mood most often. The one who had a score from 1 to 3 points is considered a person who has a bad mood. A score close to 4 points (from 3.5 to 4.5) indicates the dominance of a changeable mood or one that the person himself is not able to assess as good or bad.

Evaluation of neuro-psychic stress.

To conduct the study, you can use the questionnaire of neuropsychic stress (NPN), proposed by T.A. Nemchin. The questionnaire is a list of signs of neuropsychic stress, compiled according to the data of clinical and psychological observation, and contains 30 main characteristics of this condition, divided into three degrees of severity.

The study is carried out individually, in a separate, well-lit and isolated room from extraneous sounds and noises. Instruction to the subject: "Please fill in the right side of the form, marking with a plus sign those lines whose content corresponds to the features of your condition at the present time."

QUESTIONNAIRE - NEURO- MENTAL STRESS:

1. The presence of physical discomfort:

a) the complete absence of any unpleasant physical omissions

b) there are minor discomforts that do not interfere with work

c) the presence of a large number of unpleasant physical sensations that seriously interfere with work.

2. Presence of pain:

a) complete absence of any pain

b) painful drains periodically appear, but quickly disappear and do not interfere with work

c) there are constant pain sensations that significantly interfere with work.

3.Temperature drops:

a) the absence of any changes in the sensation of body temperature;

b) a feeling of warmth, an increase in body temperature;

c) sensation of coldness of the body, limbs, feeling, chills.

4. State of muscle tone:

a) normal muscle tone;

b) a moderate increase in muscle tone. a feeling of some muscle tension;

c) significant muscle tension twitching of individual muscles

face, neck, hands (tics, tremor).

5. Coordination of movements:

a) normal coordination of movements;

b) increasing the accuracy, ease, coordination of movements during writing, other work;

c) decrease in the accuracy of movements, impaired coordination, deterioration of handwriting, difficulty in performing small movements that require high accuracy.

6. State of physical activity in general:

a) normal physical activity;

b) increased motor activity. increase in speed and energy of movements;

c) a sharp increase in motor activity, the inability to sit in one place, fussiness, the desire to walk, change the position of the body.

7. Feelings from the side of the cardiovascular system:

a) the absence of any unpleasant sensations from the heart;

b ) a feeling of increased cardiac activity that does not interfere with work;

c) the presence of unpleasant sensations from the heart - increased heart rate, a feeling of constriction in the region of the heart, tingling, pain in the heart.

8. Manifestation from the gastrointestinal tract:

a) the absence of any discomfort in the abdomen;

b) single, quickly passing and not interfering with work sensations in the abdomen - suction in the epigastric region, a feeling of slight hunger, periodic "rumbling".

c) severe discomfort in the abdomen - pain, loss of appetite, nausea, thirst.

9. Manifestation from the respiratory organs:

a) the absence of any sensations;

b) increase in depth and quickening of breathing, not interfering with work;

c) significant changes in breathing - shortness of breath, feeling of insufficiency of inspiration, "lump in the throat".

10. Manifestation from the excretory system:

a) the absence of any changes;

b) moderate activation of the excretory function - more frequent desire to use the toilet while fully maintaining the ability to abstain (endure);

c) a sharp increase in the desire to use the toilet, difficulty or even impossibility to endure.

11.Sweating condition:

a) normal sweating without any changes;

b) moderate increased sweating;

c) the appearance of profuse "cold" sweat.

12. State of the oral mucosa:

b) moderate increase in salivation;

c) a feeling of dryness in the mouth.

13. Coloring of the skin:

a) the usual color of the skin of the face, neck, hands;

b) redness of the skin of the face;

c) blanching of the skin of the face, neck, the appearance of a "marble" (spotted) shade on the skin of the hands

14. Susceptibility, sensitivity to external stimuli:

a) the absence of any changes, normal sensitivity;

b) a moderate increase in susceptibility to external stimuli that does not interfere with work;

c) a sharp exacerbation of sensitivity, distractibility, fixation on extraneous stimuli,

15. Feeling of self-confidence, in their abilities:

a) the usual feeling of confidence in one's own strengths, in one's abilities;

b) increasing the feeling of self-confidence, belief in success;

c) a feeling of self-doubt, the expectation of failure, failure.

16.Mood:

a) normal mood;

b) elated, elevated mood, a feeling of elation, pleasant satisfaction with work or other activities;

c) decreased mood, depression.

17.Features of sleep:

a) normal, ordinary sleep;

b) a good, strong, refreshing sleep the night before;

c) restless, with frequent awakenings and dreams, sleep during the previous several nights, including the day before.

18. Features of the emotional state in general:

a) the absence of any changes in the sphere of emotions and feelings;

b) a sense of concern, responsibility for the work performed, "excitement" - an active desire to act;

c) feeling of fear, panic, despair.

19. Noise immunity:

a) the normal state without any changes;

b) increase in noise immunity in operation, the ability to work in conditions of noise and other interference;

c) a significant decrease in noise immunity, inability to work with distracting stimuli.

20. Features of speech:

a) ordinary speech;

b) increasing speech activity, increasing the volume of the voice, speeding up speech without deteriorating its quality (logicality, literacy, etc.)

c) violation of speech - the appearance of long pauses, hesitations, an increase in the number of unnecessary words, stuttering, too quiet voice.

21. General assessment of the mental state:

a) the usual state;

b) the state of concentration, increased readiness for work, mobilization, high mental tone,

c) a feeling of fatigue, lack of concentration, absent-mindedness, apathy, decreased mental tone.

22.Memory features:

a) normal memory

b) memory improvement - it is easy to remember what you need,

c) memory impairment.

23.Features of Attention:

a) normal attention without any changes,

b) improving the ability to concentrate, distraction from extraneous matters,

c) deterioration of attention, inability to concentrate on business, distractibility.

24. Wits:

a) common sense

c) a significant decrease in mental performance, rapid

mental fatigue.

26. Phenomena of mental discomfort:

a) the absence of any unpleasant sensations and experiences from the psyche as a whole,

b) a feeling of mental comfort, an increase in mental activity, or single, mild, quickly passing phenomena that do not interfere with work,

c) pronounced, diverse and numerous mental disorders that seriously interfere with work.

27. The degree of prevalence (generalization) of signs of stress:

a) single, weakly expressed signs that are not paid attention to;

b) clearly expressed signs of tension, not only not interfering with activity, but, on the contrary, contributing to its productivity;

c) a large number of various unpleasant signs? stresses that interfere with work and are observed from various organs and systems of the body.

28.Frequency of occurrence of voltage state:

a) the feeling of tension almost never develops;

b) some signs of tension develop only in the presence of really difficult situations;

c) signs of tension develop very often and often without sufficient reasons.

29.Duration of stress state:

a) very short, no more than a few minutes, quickly disappears even before the difficult situation has passed;

b) lasts almost the entire time of being in a difficult situation and performing the necessary work, stops shortly after its completion,

c) a very significant duration of a state of tension that does not stop for a long time after a difficult situation.

30. General severity of stress:

a) complete absence or very weak severity,

b) moderately pronounced, distinct signs of tension,

c) pronounced, excessive stress.

PROCESSING THE RESULTS.

After filling out the form, the points scored by the test subjects are calculated by summing them up. At the same time, for the “+” mark put by the subjects against:

point "a", 1 point is awarded,

point "b" - 2 points,

point "c" - 3 points.

The minimum number of points a student can score is 30.

the maximum is 90.

The range of weak, or "detensive", neuropsychic stress is in the range from 30 to 50 points,

moderate, or "intense" from 51 to 70 points and

excessive, or "extensive" - ​​from 71 to 90 points.

The data obtained in this way is recorded in the protocol in the following form:

Surname, name, patronymic __________________________Date_______________

Brief description of the current situation (usual, not stressful, before the exam, after the exam, before performing a responsible and difficult task, after the task, etc.)

The technique was created on the basis of a clinical and psychological examination of 1,500 healthy servicemen and 133 servicemen who first fell ill with neurosis and neurosis-like conditions in the first year of military service. The age of the examined is 18–35 years. Of the observed signs related to the phenomenology of neuroses, 42 were selected, which were most common in 133 servicemen who fell ill with neurotic disorders as a result of working in extreme conditions of military service. Long-term application of this method has shown high validity and reliability of this technique.
Symptomatic Feeling Questionnaire (SOS)
Instruction: the proposed questionnaire reveals the features of your well-being in a given period of time. You need to unambiguously answer 42 questions: either “yes” or “no”.

Questionnaire "Determination of neuropsychic stress"

T. Nemchin
Introductory remarks
The author of the NPN methodology is a professor at the Psychoneurological Institute named after A.I. V. A. Bekhtereva T. A. Nemchin used the results of many years of clinical and psychological studies conducted on a large number of subjects in an extreme situation when developing the NPN questionnaire. The first stage of the development of the questionnaire consisted in compiling and systematizing a list of complaints-symptoms received from recipients in a stressful situation: from 300 students during the examination session and from 200 patients with neuroses with leading symptoms in the form of phobias, fear, anxiety before performing painful procedures and stress. interview. At the second stage of developing the methodology, out of 127 primary signs related to the phenomenology of neuropsychic stress, only 30 signs were selected, which were systematically repeated during repeated examinations.
The highest frequencies of recurrence of 30 signs were found in the group of patients with neuroses. The different severity of signs in different subjects allowed the author to divide each of the items of the questionnaire into three degrees: weakly expressed, moderately expressed, sharply expressed, which received a conditional score in points of 1, 2, 3, respectively. According to the content of the questionnaire, all signs can be divided into three groups statements: the first group reflects the presence of physical discomfort and discomfort from the somatic systems of the body, the second group claims the presence (or absence) of mental discomfort and complaints from the neuropsychic sphere, the third group includes signs that describe some general characteristics of the neuropsychic tension - frequency, duration, generalization and severity of this condition. The questionnaire is recommended to be used to diagnose mental tension in a difficult (extreme) situation or its expectation.
Questionnaire NNP
Instruction: fill in the right part of the form, marking with a “+” sign those lines, the content of which corresponds to the features of your condition at the present time.
Full Name…………………………………………………………………….
Floor………………………………………………………………………………………………
Age……………………………………………………………………………………………
Type of activity (work, waiting for an exam, procedures, etc.)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Professional affiliation……………………………………………….

Psychological stress scale RSM-25

Introductory remarks
The Lemyr-Tessier-Fillion PSM-25 scale is designed to measure the phenomenological structure of stress experiences. The goal is to measure stress sensations in somatic, behavioral and emotional indicators. The methodology was originally developed in France, then translated and validated in England, Spain and Japan. Translation and adaptation of the Russian version of the methodology were made by N. E. Vodopyanova.
When developing the methodology, the authors sought to eliminate the existing shortcomings of traditional methods for studying stress states, aimed mainly at indirect measurements of psychological stress through stressors or pathological manifestations of anxiety, depression, frustration, etc. Only a few methods are designed to measure stress as a natural state of mental tension. . To eliminate these methodological inconsistencies, Lemour-Tessier-Fillion developed a questionnaire that describes the state of a person experiencing stress, as a result of which there was no need to define variables such as stressors or pathologies. The questions are formulated for the normal population aged 18 to 65 for different occupational groups. All this makes it possible to consider the methodology universal for application to different age and occupational samples in a normal population.
The technique was tested by the authors on a sample of more than 5 thousand people in Canada, England, USA, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Argentina, and Japan. This technique was also used by Clement and Young at the University
Ottawa, Larcy at the University and in the hospital of Montreal, as well as Tessier and his colleagues at the hospitals of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Justine in Montreal. In Russia, the methodology was tested by N. E. Vodopyanova on a sample of teachers, students and commercial personnel in the amount of 500 people.
Numerous studies have shown that PSM has sufficient psychometric properties. Correlations were found between the integral PSM index and the Spielberger anxiety scale (r = 0.73), with the depression index (r = 0.75). The magnitudes of these correlations are explained by a generalized experience of emotional distress or depression. At the same time, divergent validity studies show that PSM is conceptually different from anxiety and depression research methods.
PSM Questionnaire
Instruction: a number of statements are proposed that characterize the mental state. Please rate your condition over the past week using an 8-point scale. To do this, on the form of the questionnaire, next to each statement, circle the number from 1 to 8, which most accurately describes your feelings. There are no wrong or wrong answers here. Answer as sincerely as possible. The test will take approximately five minutes to complete. Numbers from 1 to 8 indicate the frequency of experiences: 1 - "never"; 2 - "extremely rare"; 3 - "very rarely"; 4 - "rarely"; 5 - "sometimes"; 6 - "often"; 7 - "very often"; 8 - "constantly (daily)".

Diagnostics of the state of stress

K. Schreiner
Introductory remarks
With sincere answers, the technique allows you to determine the levels of stress and can be used in autodiagnosis.
Instruction: Circle the numbers of those questions to which you answer yes.
1. I always strive to complete the work, but often I do not have time and have to catch up.
2. When I look at myself in the mirror, I notice traces of fatigue and overwork on my face.
3. At work and at home - continuous trouble.
4. I struggle hard with my bad habits, but I'm not succeeding.
5. I am worried about the future.
6. I often need alcohol, cigarettes or sleeping pills to unwind after a busy day.
7. Such changes are taking place around that the head is spinning.
8. I love my family and friends, but often I feel bored and empty with them.
9. I have not achieved anything in my life and I often feel disappointed in myself.
Processing of results and their characteristics. The number of positive responses is counted. Each “yes” answer is assigned 1 point.
0–4 points. You behave in a stressful situation quite restrained and know how to regulate your own emotions.
5–7 points. You always behave correctly in a stressful situation. Sometimes you know how to maintain composure, but there are times when you get turned on for nothing and then regret it. You need to work on developing your own individual methods of self-control in stress.
8–9 points. You are overtired and exhausted. You often lose self-control in a stressful situation and do not know how to control yourself. As a result, both you and the people around you suffer. Developing self-regulation skills in stress is now your main life task.
According to the data obtained by the author of the methodology, it was noticed that the vast majority of bank employees have a score in the range of 5–7 points (80% of respondents). Approximately 18% of respondents have 8-9 points. And only about 2% have a score of 0-4 points. Consequently, most bank employees urgently need to increase their means of self-control in stressful situations.

V. Zhmurov
Introductory remarks
One of the causes of depressive states is the depletion of the neuropsychic potential due to prolonged stress or psychotrauma. Depression is a specific affective state of an individual, which is characterized by negative emotions, as well as the transformation of motivational, cognitive and behavioral spheres. In a state of depression, the individual experiences excruciatingly difficult experiences, such as longing, despair, fears, depression, guilt for past events, helplessness-infantility in the face of life's difficulties. Depressive states, as a rule, are characterized by reduced self-esteem, skepticism, a tendency not to trust anyone, lack of initiative, fatigue, a drop in activity, etc. The technique allows us to differentiate six states - levels of depression: apathy, hypothymia, dysphoria, confusion, anxiety, fear.
Questionnaire
Instruction: From each group of indications, select and circle the answer 0, 1, 2, or 3 that best describes your condition.

Methodology "Differential diagnosis of depressive states"

V. Zung, adapted by T. Baklashova
Introductory remarks
Depressive states occur as post-stress or post-traumatic reactions. The questionnaire can be used for differential diagnosis of depressive states for screening diagnostics in mass studies and for preliminary pre-hospital diagnostics. A complete examination takes 20-30 minutes.
Instruction: Read carefully each of the sentences below and cross out the appropriate number to the right, depending on how you've been feeling lately. Do not think about questions for a long time, because there are no right or wrong answers.
depression scale
Full Name………………………………………………………………………..
The date …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Answer options: 1 - "never" or "occasionally"; 2 - "sometimes"; 3 - "often"; 4 - "almost always" or "always".

Subjective Comfort Rating Scale

A. Leonova
Introductory remarks
The Russian version of the subjective comfort assessment scale was developed by A. B. Leonova. The technique is aimed at assessing the degree of subjective comfort of the functional state experienced by a person at a given moment in time. It consists of 10 bipolar scales, the poles of which are indicated by adjectives opposite in meaning, describing the characteristic features of a “good” and “bad” subjective state.
Instruction: read each of the pairs of polar statements below and on the rating scale note the extent to which your feelings at a given time are closer to one or another pole of the scale. The absence of any pronounced shift towards one or another experience on this scale corresponds to a score of "0". Please do not think for a long time over the choice of answer - usually the first feeling that comes to mind is the most accurate.
Full Name ………………………………………………………………………..
Date……………………………… Time of completion……………………………………………

Scale of differential emotions

K. Izard, adapted by A. Leonova
Instruction: Here is a list of adjectives that characterize different shades of different emotional experiences of a person. To the right of each adjective is a series of numbers - from 1 to 5 - corresponding to the increase in the varying degree of severity of this experience. We ask you to evaluate how much each of the listed experiences is inherent in you at this moment in time by crossing out the corresponding number. Don't think long about the choice of answer: the most accurate is usually your first feeling!
Your possible scores:
1 - "experience is completely absent"; 2 - "the experience is expressed slightly"; 3 - "experience is moderately expressed";
4 - "the experience is strongly expressed"; 5 - "the experience is expressed to the maximum extent."

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Theme 3
Organizational diagnosis of stress. Assessment of stress factors in professional activities

3.1. Theoretical introduction

Under organizational diagnostics stress management refers to identifying and assessing stressors at work. Organizational diagnostics of stress is a necessary component of stress management, understood as a comprehensive management of the stressfulness of the workspace and the stressful response of employees.
In foreign and domestic scientific literature, two concepts of workspace stress are used - organizational and professional stress. The concepts of "professional" and "organizational stress" intersect, but do not completely coincide. In foreign literature, as a rule, the concept of "stress at work" or "labor stress" is used without differentiation of stressors associated with organizational problems and stressors from the specifics of professional activity. According to A. B. Leonova, the system for assessing occupational stress is more complex than assessing stress at work. A more complex phenomenon due to causation is professional stress, which arises in response to the difficulties and special requirements of the profession. Professional stress is also determined by personal ambitions, the subjective image of professional development and self-realization of the individual.
organizational stress- mental stress associated with overcoming the imperfection of organizational working conditions, with high loads in the performance of professional duties at the workplace in a specific organizational structure (in an organization or in its division, firm, company, corporation), as well as with the search for new extraordinary solutions in case of force - major circumstances.

The questionnaire contains 276 statements and has the following scales:

credibility,

neuropsychic instability,

Hysteria

psychasthenia,

psychopathy,

paranoia

Schizophrenia.

Instructions to the examinees.

“Now you will be asked to answer a series of questions concerning some features of your state of health, behavior, character.

Be frank, do not think long about the content of the questions, give the natural answer that comes to your mind first. Remember that there are no "good" or "bad" answers. If you answer the question "Yes", put a "+" (plus) sign above the number in the corresponding cell of the registration form; if you chose the answer "No", put a "-" (minus) sign under the number. Make sure that the question number of the questionnaire and the cell number of the registration form match. You need to answer all the questions in a row, without missing anything. If you have any questions, please raise your hand.”

Questionnaire text.

1. Sometimes such bad thoughts come into my head that it is better not to tell anyone about them.

2. I rarely get constipated.

3. At times I have fits of laughter and crying that I can't control.

4. Sometimes I feel like cursing.

5. I often have a headache.

6. Sometimes I tell lies.

7. My mood depends on the society in which I am.

8. My sleep is usually rich in vivid dreams.

9. I love bright and catchy costumes.

10. My appetite depends on my mood: sometimes I eat with pleasure, sometimes reluctantly, through force.

11. Often some obsessive thought keeps me awake.

12. I get very lost when I suddenly find myself in the center of attention.

13. Criticism in the form in which it is carried out by many people unsettles me more than helps.

14. I often act according to my mood, not out of conviction.

15. Often in a dispute, I leave the essence of the issue and turn to personalities.

16. I will not take risks if there is only a small hope of success.

17. If I am treated unfairly, then I feel that I must repay, at least on principle.

18. Fate is definitely unfair to me.

19. It seems to me that no one understands me.

20. At times an evil spirit enters me.

21. Appearance interests me very little.

22. Sometimes I feel that my soul leaves the body and flies somewhere in space.

23. Once a week or more often, for no apparent reason, I suddenly feel heat all over my body.

24. It happens that I skip editorials in newspapers.

25. Sometimes I get angry.

26. Now it is difficult for me to hope that I will achieve anything in life.

27. It happens that I put off until tomorrow what can be done today.

28. I willingly take part in all meetings and other social events.

29. I think that one should always be attractively dressed, because "meet by clothes."

30. I believe that one should not stand out among those around him in any way.

31. In unusual and attention-grabbing clothes, I feel great.

32. I try to live in such a way that others can say about me: "This is a man."

33. It is often difficult for me to resist feeling sorry for myself.

34. If my lucky remark went unnoticed, I will not repeat it again.

35. If I made some mistake in society, then I forget about it pretty quickly.

36. At times I am tempted to enter into an argument with someone.

37. At times I insist on my own so that others lose patience with me.

38. I can not fully listen to a person if, in my opinion, he says stupid things.

39. Sometimes I want to do something dangerous or stunning.

40. If people were not opposed to me, I would have achieved much more in life.

41. I believe that most people are able to lie in order to get promoted.

42. Most of the time (life) I am quite satisfied with life.

43. I believe that some people can heal a disease with one touch.

44. I know people who try to appropriate my thoughts.

46. ​​Muscle cramps and twitches are very rare for me.

47. Sometimes when I don't feel well, I get irritable.

48. I am rather indifferent to what will happen to me.

49. Away at the table, I keep better than at home.

50. If I do not face a fine and there are no cars nearby, I can cross the street where I want, and not where it is supposed to.

51. Most of all, from the side of those around me, I appreciate the attention to me.

52. I love fashionable and unusual clothes that involuntarily attract the eye.

53. It happens that a complete stranger instantly inspires confidence and sympathy in me.

54. Adventure and risk attract me when I get the first role in them.

55. Often I tend to mentally return to my trifling troubles, and it is difficult for me to get them out of my head.

56. I often feel lonely and unnecessary to anyone.

57. I feel that my friends and loved ones do not need me as much as I need them.

58. Sometimes I can not resist and be rude, even if it hurts my interests.

59. Quite often I act under the influence of a momentary mood.

60. When they shout at me, I answer the same.

61. Often I am ready to do anything to win an argument.

62. Some people love to command so much that I am drawn to do everything in defiance, even if I know that they are right.

63. Someone would be happy to harm me.

64. I have never done anything risky in my life just for the thrill.

65. I believe that religion has the same right to exist as various sciences.

66. Often I experience a peculiar feeling that "I" is not "I".

67. I think that my family life is as good as most of my acquaintances.

68. Sometimes I get the feeling that I just have to inflict damage on myself or someone else.

69. As a child, I had such a company where everyone always tried to stand up for each other in everything.

70. In a game, I prefer to win.

71. Now my weight is constant (I am neither gaining nor losing weight).

72. I am pleased to have significant people among my acquaintances, it kind of gives weight in my own eyes.

73. I always strive to be among people in order to "show" myself.

74. I like to patronize someone I like.

75. I like to be the first to be imitated, others would follow me.

76. Sometimes I feel a lump in my throat or other unusual sensations.

77. Getting up in the morning, I often feel tired and overwhelmed.

78. Weather changes affect my ability to work and mood.

79. In relationships with people, I often experience difficulties due to feelings of shyness, for which there are no real reasons.

80. Often I do not yield to people, not because the matter is really important, but simply because of the principle.

81. I often have a bad, angry mood.

82. I am probably an irritable and quick-tempered person.

83. Often I "turn on half a turn."

84. Most people are honest only because they are afraid that they will be caught in deceit.

85. In my opinion, they are plotting something against me.

86. I know that I am being followed.

87. I have attacks of bad health, irritability and longing.

88. At times I smell strange smells.

89. I would be pretty calm if someone in my family got in trouble for breaking the law.

90. It happens that something is wrong with my mind.

91. When I try to say something, I often notice that my hands are trembling.

92. My hands are as dexterous and agile as before.

93. Among my acquaintances there are people whom I do not like.

94. I think that I am a doomed person.

95. I willingly listen to those instructions that please and flatter me.

96. I love it when people around me pay a lot of attention.

97. Terribly dislike all sorts of rules and restrictions that constrain me.

98. I don’t think for a long time in difficult situations, the decision arises immediately, instantly.

99. In the company I feel awkward and because of this I make an impression worse than I could.

100. I find it difficult to sleep because of anxiety about failure.

101. Sometimes I notice that completely trifling thoughts and memories completely capture me.

102. I am against being made fun of.

103. I am very annoyed by people who climb out of line, and I always express this to them or do not let them.

104. It's hard to make me angry.

105. I often do things (more often than others) that I later regret.

106. I think that most people are ready to go to a dishonest act for the sake of profit.

107. I know who is to blame for most of my troubles.

108. I am a hard-to-reach person.

109. I never need the sympathy of others.

110. My relatives do not understand me and seem like strangers to me.

111. There were times when it was difficult for me to resist stealing from someone or anywhere, for example, in a store.

112. It happens that I gossip a little with someone.

113. Often I have dreams about which it is better not to tell anyone.

114. It happened that when discussing certain issues, I, especially without hesitation, agreed with the opinion of others.

115. At school, I learned the material more slowly than others.

116. My appearance generally suits me.

118. I like to participate in amateur art competitions.

119. I think. which is very important that the result of my work become known to others.

120. I believe that most people are capable of lying if it is in their interest.

121. It can be difficult for me to express my thoughts in words, so I rarely join the conversation.

122. It happens that I am disturbed by a feeling of guilt or remorse because of some trifle.

123. When talking to members of the opposite sex, I often avoid sensitive topics that can cause embarrassment.

124. I get very annoyed if I am rushed or urged on.

125. Sometimes a trifle said to me can cause a violent reaction in me.

126. If I think that I am doing the right thing, then the opinion of other people is of little interest to me.

127. I hate being interrupted while I am busy.

128. I believe that I was often punished undeservedly.

129. I cry easily.

130. I prefer dark and gray tones.

131. I live by my inner thoughts, and I am not interested in reality.

132. I do not feel (do not perceive) objections and criticism, but I always think and do it my own way.

133. I am quite confident in myself.

134. Once a week or more often I am very excited and agitated.

135. Sometimes I feel that someone controls my thoughts.

136. I drink an unusually large amount of water every day.

137. It happens that an indecent or even obscene joke makes me laugh.

138. I am happiest when I am alone.

139. In company, I do not draw attention to myself.

140. In the company my mood is much better than at home.

141. I am capable of doing something outstanding.

142. I like to perform in front of someone.

143. I think that I am more sensitive to the aesthetic aspects of life than most people.

144. I often feel less adapted to life and its demands than others.

145. I am much more interested in the search for spiritual and artistic values ​​than business and material ones.

146. In most cases, I adhere to the formula: "Risk is a noble cause."

147. It is very difficult for me, almost impossible to keep silent for an insult.

148. I often get so bored with something that I feel "fed up".

149. I have never had troubles due to gross violations of discipline, conflicts with comrades, etc.

150. I rarely have ringing or buzzing in my ears.

151. I am sure that people are talking about me behind my back.

152. My ideas and thoughts look like they are ahead of time.

153. It annoys me when I am distracted from important work, for example, when they ask for advice.

154. It seems to me that no one understands me.

155. Someone is trying to influence my thoughts.

156. I loved Andersen's fairy tales.

157. Even among people, I usually feel lonely.

158. I am easily confused.

159. I easily lose patience with people.

160. I often want to die.

161. I would agree to act as an entertainer at a concert with some celebrity.

162. I am always annoyed by people who strive to be the first in the company.

163. My mood deteriorates, I feel bad if people around me do not show due attention to me.

164. I like to quote unusual or shocking sayings from sages or great men.

165. Sometimes I hesitate to implement my ideas for fear that they may turn out to be unrealistic.

166. I am very embarrassed if they talk about my character.

167. I am embarrassed by indecent anecdotes and stories.

168. I do not consider it necessary to hide my contempt or negative opinion about someone or something.

169. I am often told that I am quick-tempered.

170. I don't get along very well with people.

171. There are too many annoying obstacles and restrictions in modern life.

172. In my life there was one or more cases when I felt that someone through hypnosis makes me do certain things.

173. I have never had a run in with the law.

174. I believe that prophecies and insights have great meaning.

175. I would prefer most of the time to sit, do nothing, dream ("philosophize").

176. At times I regret that I live in this world.

177. It happened that I quit the business I started, because I was afraid that I would not be able to cope with it.

178. Almost every day something happens that frightens me.

179. I am indifferent to questions of religion, they do not interest me.

180. I rarely have attacks of bad mood.

181. I deserve severe punishment for my actions.

182. My convictions and views are unshakable.

183. Very rarely criticism and objections addressed to me are just.

184. In companies, I am always the center of attention.

185. I am one of those people who know how to admire and bow before someone or something.

186. I think that classical music, painting make a greater impression on me than on others.

187. I often have a state when I am about to cry.

188. When leaving home, I often worry about whether the door is closed, whether the gas is turned off, etc.

189. I never worry about the danger of contracting some disease through doorknobs.

190. Quite often I feel that everything is "boiling" inside me.

191. People consider me a calm and balanced person.

192. Sometimes I feel such rage that I want to break the door or break the window.

193. It seems to me that I feel everything more acutely than others.

194. A person who leads people into temptation, leaving valuable property unattended, is guilty in much the same way as the one who steals this property.

195. I think that everyone can lie to avoid trouble.

196. I quite calmly endure the sight of suffering animals.

197. I have very unusual and peculiar inner experiences.

198. Everything on earth is subject to some powerful "magical" force.

199. I had periods when, due to excitement, I lost sleep.

200. I am a nervous and easily excitable person.

201. It seems to me that my sense of smell is the same as that of others (no worse).

202. Everything turns out badly for me, not as it should be.

203. I almost always feel dry mouth.

204. Most of the time I feel tired.

205. In a company, I like to tell different stories in order to capture everyone's attention.

206. I like to make acquaintances with influential and authoritative people.

207. Some capriciousness is characteristic of me.

208. I am embarrassed to enter into an argument even on a question well known to me.

209. I am overly sensitive and easily hurt.

210. I certainly lack self-confidence.

211. I am ready to give up my intentions if others think that I am wrong or it is not worth doing.

212. I prefer to act impulsively, on the spur of the moment, even if it leads to difficulties.

213. Usually I calmly endure self-satisfied people, even if they brag a lot.

214. I am always able to strictly control the manifestation of my feelings.

215. I am more impressionable than most people.

216. Most people deep down do not like to bother themselves in order to help others.

217. My mother and father often forced me to obey even when I considered it unreasonable.

218. Strange and unusual thoughts often come to my mind.

219. It's often the little things that let me come to amazing conclusions.

220. I like to look for unusual or paradoxical methods for solving various problems and issues.

221. Sometimes I feel that I am close to a nervous breakdown.

222. I am very annoyed that I forget where I put things.

223. I am very careful about how I dress.

224. I like adventure stories more than love stories.

225. It is very difficult for me to adapt to new conditions of life and work. The transition to any conditions of life, work, study seems unbearably difficult.

226. It seems to me that people treat me especially often unfairly.

227. I like it when everyone recognizes me as the head or instigator.

228. I try to avoid unusual statements and actions that confuse others.

229. It gives me great pleasure to do risky things for fun.

230. I can quite circumvent the law if I do not essentially violate it.

231. I often miss an opportunity because of my inner indecision.

232. I find it difficult to keep up a conversation with people I have just met.

233. I often have to hide my shyness at the cost of great effort.

234. When making a decision, I am more guided by my heart than by reason.

235. It is rare that things can be done by gradual, moderate methods; more often it is necessary to use force.

236. I express my thoughts as they come to my mind, and do not try to formulate them better first.

237. Definitely, more care and anxiety fell on my lot than it should be.

238. Sometimes my hearing becomes so acute that it even bothers me.

239. I have no enemies who would really like to do me any harm.

240. I don't care if others think my actions are unusual.

241. I can't understand people who cry in movies.

242. I think that I differ from most people in my unusual behavior.

243. I often feel unfairly offended.

244. My opinion often does not coincide with the opinion of others.

245. I often feel tired from life and I don't want to live.

246. People pay attention to me more often than to others.

247. I have headaches and dizziness due to experiences.

248. Often I have periods when I do not want to see anyone. Nobody!

249. It is difficult for me to wake up at the appointed hour.

250. I am pleased to have significant people among my acquaintances, this raises my authority.

251. I like food made from exotic ingredients.

252. I am acutely and lastingly experiencing failures.

253. People can easily change my opinion, which before that seemed to me final.

254. I can go ahead of others in mental reasoning, but not in actions.

255. At times I am sure of my uselessness.

256. Some stories (jokes) are so interesting that I am not just funny, but "wild laughter and delight" comes.

257. I think that a strong person can be forgiven a lot.

258. I believe that for an interesting and tempting business, all sorts of rules and restrictions can be circumvented.

259. Usually I am alarmed by people who behave a little friendlier than I expected.

260. Vulgar and insulting things are said about me.

261. When I am in a room, I feel somehow anxious and restless.

262. I am a special person and incomprehensible to others (not like everyone else).

263. At times I really wanted to leave the house.

264. Life for me is almost always connected with tension.

265. If someone is to blame for my failures, I will not leave him unpunished.

266. As a child, I was capricious and irritable.

267. I know cases when my relatives were treated by a neuropathologist or a psychiatrist.

268. Sometimes I take valerian, elenium, codeine, or other sedatives.

269. Do you have relatives with criminal records?

270. Have you been brought to the police?

271. Did you stay at school for the second year?

272. I have qualities in which I definitely excel other people.

273. I am seriously interested in yoga gymnastics.

274. I tend to take everything too personally.

275. I am too suspicious, endlessly anxious and worried about everything.

276. If I have been borrowed, I am embarrassed to mention it.

Registration form for the personal questionnaire "NPN-A"

Full name ________ Date of examination _________

The results are processed according to seven "keys" corresponding to the scales: "reliability", "neurological stability", "hysteria", "psychasthenia", "psychopathy", "paranoia", "schizophrenia". The subject can answer "yes" or "no" to each question of the test. Therefore, when processing the results, the number of answers that matched the "key" is taken into account. Each key match is worth one raw score.

The reliability scale assesses the degree of objectivity of the answers. If the total number of "raw" points is equal to or exceeds 8, then the data obtained should be considered unreliable due to the desire of the serviceman to correspond to the socially desired type of personality.

Table No. 1

"Keys" for processing

Registration form for the personal questionnaire "NPN-A"

Stencil with "Keys"

To process the registration form

To the personal questionnaire "NPN-A"

NPN Hysteria Psychathenia Psychopathy Paranoia Schizophrenia

Table number 2

Transfer to the walls of results,

Obtained on the scales of the method "NPN-A"

Indicators of 8, 9, 10 stans are considered high and indicate a significant severity of the corresponding signs. 4, 5, 6, 7 stans are average indicators and indicate a slight (permissible norm) severity of signs. Indicators less than 4 stans - about the practical absence of these signs.

Scale interpretation.

Scale of neuropsychic instability.

Low level of behavioral regulation, violation of interpersonal relations, insufficient social maturity, violation of professional activity, violation of disciplinary and moral norms of behavior, lack of adequate self-esteem and real perception of reality, low adaptive capacity.

High scores on the CPI scale indicate the presence of signs of neuropsychic instability in the subject, the nature of which is specified when interpreting the personality profile (graphical representation of the results on the scales of the questionnaire).

Hysteria scale.

Persons with high scores are characterized by posturing, egocentrism, narcissism, demonstrative and theatrical behavior, a desire to be in the center of attention, a desire to appear in the eyes of others as a significant personality, a thirst for recognition and originality, a tendency to exaggeration. Superficial attitude to the assigned tasks, their careless execution. Painful and inadequate reaction to public censure, non-recognition of "merits". Activities and behaviors are oriented toward external effects.

Psychiatric scale.

Characterized by high anxiety, suspiciousness, indecision, self-doubt, especially in a dynamic environment, lack of time and information; increased vulnerability and a sense of inferiority, endless analysis of one's actions, a tendency to doubt, low self-esteem and dissatisfaction with oneself; exactingness in the fulfillment of formalities, delicacy and tact, timidity, reduced activity; difficulty in making decisions, avoiding responsible tasks.

Psychopathy scale.

Increased excitability, aggressiveness, quarrelsomeness, explosiveness, stubbornness and perseverance; a tendency to violent reactions of protest and straightforward criticism; low level of self-control, imperiousness, a high sense of rivalry, the desire to defend, justify one's actions and beliefs at any cost; unpredictability of emotions and actions.

paranoia scale.

Tendency to form "outstanding ideas" and "struggle for justice"; deep theorizing, straightforwardness in judgments, arrogance and self-confidence; the ability to captivate, organize people to implement their ideas; narrowness and one-sidedness of interests, distrust and suspicion, persistence in upholding beliefs, conflict in case of non-recognition of merit.

Schizophrenia scale.

A tendency to theoretical constructions and unexpected conclusions, often not coinciding with the conclusions and judgments of others, originality and contemplation; emotional coldness, superficial empathy, misunderstanding of comrades, arrogance and rigidity, or, conversely, increased vulnerability and sensitivity; desire for immersion in one's own world, alienation, isolation, fruitless daydreaming, growing difficulties in communication.

It should be remembered that only the NNP scale can be subjected to an isolated interpretation, while all other scales - as a whole, and not as a set of independent scales. The rise on one of the scales indicates the greatest presence of signs of this scale in the general characteristic of the neuropsychic instability of the personality.