Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of biology, Department of anthropology, Leninskie Gory, 1, p.12, Moscow, 119234, Russia
Bakholdina Varvara Yu., PhD, DSc, Professor, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3320-1445; vbaholdina@mail.ru; Blagova Kseniya Nikolaevna; ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2621-7358; ksenyabobrovamsu@gmail.com.
Introduction. The article continues the series of publications devoted to the specifics of psychosomatic relations as a significant characteristic of different gender, age and social groups. In this study the authors analyze the dynamics of morphology and psychosomatic relations in two consecutive age samples of the students of Moscow State University. Materials and methods. Students from youth to mature age were examined. All materials were collected in compliance with the rules of bioethics and depersonalized during further processing. Anthropometric study was conducted according to the standard program with calculation of anthropometric indices and estimation of endo – ecto – and mesomorphy scores and fat, bone and muscle mass. As a psychological test, the scale of T. Dembo and S. Y. Rubinstein was used. Verification of the method by the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient showed good internal consistency of the characteristics included in the test. Results and discussion. Females and males of the older group demonstrate a significant increase in fat deposition, which in females combined with some decrease in the degree of muscle development. Males reveal age tendency to the formation of an abdominal type of fat deposition. The transition from youth to adult age is accompanied by increasing the level of positive psychosomatic relations. Significant morphological changes and dynamics of psychosomatic relations revealed in a narrow age range of young people. One of the possible reasons for the increase in fat deposition may be an unbalanced diet, which requires further research. Analysis of the age dynamics of psychosomatic relationships indicates psychological stabilization during the considered age interval. Conclusion. The results obtained can be considered as evidence of the intensity of transformations occurring during the transition from youth to second adulthood, expanding our knowledge about this period of ontogenesis.
anthropology; morphological features; fat deposition; age dynamics; self-esteem
DOI: 10.32521/2074-8132.2020.1.047-057
Цит.: Bakholdina V.Yu., Blagova K.N. Age dynamics of morphological status and psychosomatic relations in two samples of Moscow University students // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2020; 1/2020; с. 47-57
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