Assessment of personality response patterns in students residing in subarctic latitudes, considering their psycho-helio-geophysical synchronism

Objective: To assess the psychotropic effects of space weather factors on young adults residing in subarctic latitudes during a period of high solar activity, depending on the presence or absence of psycho-helio-geophysical synchronism in these individuals. To achieve this objective, 14 medical students – residents of Yakutsk (subpolar latitudes) – were examined during a period of high solar activity of the 11-year solar cycle using the Spielberger-Khanin State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Heim's Coping Strategies Assessment method, and the Dellinger Psychogeometric Test. The integrated heliogeomagnetic disturbance indicator, the Kp-index, was used to assess the biotropic effects of space weather factors. By comparing daily reactive anxiety scores with the Kp-index, all respondents were divided into two groups: Group I – those possessing psycho-helio-geophysical synchronism; Group II – those without such synchronism. It was found that representatives of Group I were more common in the study; they were more anxious, yet more effective in constructing coping behavior across all its domains compared to students in Group II. In the future, it is advisable to compare the obtained results with those of students residing in mid-latitudes during a period of high solar activity, and then to compare the psychotropic effects of space weather factors on medical students living at different latitudes and during different phases of the 11-year solar cycle.