Novgorod residents warned about the hidden threat of school psychological tests

School psychological tests designed to identify problems in time can themselves become a source of stress. This was warned by psychologist Alexei Khandokhin, writes NEWS.RU.

The expert noted that “adult” questions about crises and disorders can trigger an undesirable mechanism – to awaken interest in psychological problems where there was none before.

According to Khandokhin, the main trap is that the child, faced with difficult topics, rarely goes for clarification to parents. Instead, it goes online, where it can easily come across intimidating or distorted content. As a result, in an effort to prevent risks in some children, the system unwittingly increases the vulnerability of others by making them aware of destructive scenarios.

It is unacceptable if a teenager is told about dangerous ways to get out of a crisis and not explain how to cope with stress with healthy methods. In such a situation, the risk of assimilating a destructive pattern of behavior increases markedly.