Abstract
In in our research, we studied the influence of systematic physical education and sports on the mental component of the personality structure of female students. The aim of the study was to study the influence of physical activity of sports specialization on the formation of the mental component of the personality. To study the dynamics of the indicators of the mental component of the personality structure, the method of longitudinal observation (for two years) was applied for a group of female students aged 18-24 years using a modified form multifactor personality
test based on an adapted questionnaire, which included the study of 11 "leading" qualities: strength "I”, purposefulness, initiative, optimism, leadership, fear, kindness, sociability, ability to make efforts, selfishness, aggressiveness. The survey was carried out at the beginning of the 1st and at the end of the 2nd training. Students of the Faculty of Medicine were divided into two groups: control (CG) and experimental (EG). Classes with students from the CG (n = 12) were carried out according to the curriculum of universities of Ukraine, and with students from four EG (n = 12-13 students in each) according to the author's program developed by us, which took into account the sequential system of physical activity (FA) with the use of physical loads (FL) of sports specialization: rhythmic gymnastics (RG), recreational running (RR - 2000 m), basketball and athletic gymnastics (AG). Physical fitness assessment (PF) of female students was carried out with the help of tests: running 100 m; swimming 50 m; torso tilts; standing long jump; running long jump; running 2000 m. Estimation of the average value (in points) of the mental qualities of the personality of female students showed that among female students from the experimental group, the highest values are possessed by such qualities as: strength of "I" – 7.00 ± 0.76; kindness – 7.09 ± 0.62; purposefulness – 7.33 ± 0.64; initiative – 6.19 ± 0.97, and in the control group the most pronounced quality is
kindness (6.70 ± 0.73). The analysis of indicators of manifestation of mental qualities, activity and purposefulness testify in favor of the experimental group students.
Key words: aggressiveness-peacefulness, initiative, help of physical activity, kindness, power of "I", purposefulness.