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© 2018 by the authors. The article contains the results of an empirical study on self-perception and cognitive style of students. The issue of what psychological variables accompany the process of interpersonal interaction in small groups is considered from a viewpoint of cognitive structures of individual members that comprise such groups. The article also presents a theoretical and methodological analysis of personal and cognitive features of students with different sociometric status. The novelty of this work consists in studying self-perception of group members with different sociometric status, and personal and cognitive characteristics and features given to group members through a system of their opinions about each other. It was concluded from the results of the study that the subjects with different sociometric status are perceived differently by the group: leaders appear to be more aggressive and authoritarian than outsiders. The subjects-leaders when coming across the circumstances that subjectively experienced as unpleasant ones, are able to minimize negative experience and find positive moments in such situations. The outsiders are unable to see the positive aspects of situations they subjectively experience as unpleasant. The cognitive space of the subjects-leaders includes the binary opposition construct “optimistic – pessimistic” what can be determined as cognitive complexity. While the subjects-outsiders perceive the cognitive field of the construct as a one-sided structure, and in unpleasant situations they see the surrounding reality not from the positive side, but only from the negative one. The results presented in this article can be useful to optimize interpersonal relations in student groups, as well as to be a source of additional information to develop measures of a psychological impact.

© 2018 by the authors; licensee Modestum Ltd., UK. Objective: The purpose of the article is to describe the empirical research of self-perception and emotional state of a woman with a pathology of pregnancy. At present, reproductive problems, both in women and men, are quite widespread in the world. According to the WHO data there are about 80 million couples in the world who have some difficulties in conception, carrying and giving birth to children. The reproductive health impairment is becoming one of the main problems of modern society, and consequently, the number of psychological problems also increases, because the inability to conceive or carry a baby safely, provided that there is a conscious desire to have children, is one of the most difficult life situations. Method: The leading method to investigate this problem is diagnostic and static methods that allow us to identify the presence of specific features in self-perception and emotional state of a woman during her pregnancy, focusing specifically on the psychological characteristics of women with pregnancy pathologies. Results: Based on the results of the empirical research, the hypothesis put forward about the presence of the specific features in self-perception and anxiety levels of pregnant women without pathologies and women with pathology of pregnancy was confirmed. Women with pregnancy pathology are less likely to feel self-confidence, they have lowered self-acceptance, but compared to women without pathology of pregnancy, the subjects often blame themselves for the situation that happened, they start to be responsive to their health and react to any bodily changes. Conclusion: Psychological support and guidance of pregnant women at maternity welfare centers (level I) should focus on the formation of personal and social perception of the concepts “I am pregnant” and “My child”; at antenatal clinics of maternity hospitals (II level)-to focus on the formation of rational ideas about the emerged pathology of pregnancy.