title: [Changes in psychophysical loads of junior high school students as a result of the educational reform].
abstract: Prior to introduction of changes in the education programme in 1985/1986 a group of 400 students (277 girls and 123 boys) were examined. They were in the first class of the colleges in several cities. One year later, after a reform of the education programme, another group of first-year students were tested (212 girls and 117 boys) in the same schools. The psychophysical strain of the students was assessed by means of a standardized inquiry containing 77 questions grouped so that it was possible to assess the psychophysical strain connected with school education, work outside school, timing of work during a day, situation in the class and in the family, and psychic wellbeing. The sum of the points obtained in the answers provided information about the general psychophysical strain. The answers to certain questions described objectively the stressful situations and the subjective experiencing of the difficulties of them. Psychophysical strain of first class students before and after the introduction of changes in the education programme differed between girls and boys. The strain experienced by girls was greater than that of boys, but the changes in the education programme decreased the difference between them in the intensity of strain. The reform of the education programme increased the total psychophysical strain of girls and boys, due to increased strain related to the objective stressful situations of first class students and to subjective experiencing of this strain.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Polus-Szeniawska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003479:Curriculum; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Zmiany obciazeń psychofizycznych uczniów klas pierwszych liceum ogolnokształcacego w wyniku reformy nauczania.