Art therapy as a method of correcting high school students ‘ anxiety in preparation for the unified state exam

Novikova Maria, Shcherbakova Natalya

The article presents material on the study of the possibility of art therapy as a method of correcting the anxiety of high school students before the unified state exam. The characteristic of youth age is given, since the youth period itself acts as a critical difficult stage in the life of every high school student. They are faced with a lot of difficult tasks: successfully passing exams, choosing and entering a higher education institution, which entails drastic changes in life - a change of the team and the beginning of the path to independent life. The influence of exam anxiety on the mental state of a high school student, as well as on the overall success of exams, is considered. It is shown that during this period, the level of stress and anxiety of high school students increases significantly, which can lead to harmful consequences. And in order for a student to successfully pass all the exams, he needs support and help from others. This is the only way a high school student can be self-confident, be motivated to work, and not feel a constant sense of fear and anxiety. The experiment conducted in the course of the study proves that the method of art therapy in training is effective for high school students to correct anxiety during the exam period.

Keywords:Anxiety, school anxiety, correction, unified state exam, high school student, art therapy.