Effects of academic training curricula on cadets’ mental and physical health

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PhD, Associate Professor A.A. Tretyakov1, 2
Dr. Hab., Professor I.F. Isaev1
PhD, Associate Professor L.A. Kadutskaya1, 2
PhD, Associate Professor E.S. Nikolaeva1
1Belgorod State National Research University, Belgorod
2Putilin Belgorod Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Belgorod

Objective of the study was to test and analyze the cadets’ nervous-emotional stress by an academic weekly experiment.
Methods and structure of the study. We sampled for the nervous-emotional stress testing experiment the 4-year cadets (n=50, including 30 males and 20 females) from Putilin Belgorod Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The sample nervous-emotional stress and mental/ physical health was tested for a week by "Biomysh" (KPF-01b/c) Test System. We also analyzed the contents and stressors of the academic lectures, workshops and practical PR classes and tested the cadets’ motor activity by Omron Walking Style III pedometers.
Results and conclusion. The test data generally showed difference between the week start (warm-up time) and weekend (fatigue accumulation) states.
The academic education service contents and stresses were found to seriously affect the cadets’ mental/ physical health standards, with the sample tested with the nervous-emotional stress peaks in the theoretical learning times. We would recommend the curricula being well designed and managed to make the classes lively, active and enjoyable, with a special priority to reasonable motor activity to level down the inactivity-related stressors. The cadets’ motor activity in classes will be encouraged by regular active rest breaks, physical activation minutes, gymnastics etc. These revisions should still give room for the service stressors modeling situations to help the cadets develop due attention controls and mobilize the individual mental/ physical health resources for progress and success in the future service careers. Such situational trainings should be geared to attain specific service goals albeit kept under a certain mental stress threshold to avoid potential mental/ physical health disorders and pathologies.

Keywords: motor activity, cadets, nervous-emotional stress, physical education, academic training curriculum.

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