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Problem statement: Formation of students' psychophysiological readiness to their future professional work can be considered as one of the most important tasks of specialist training at universities. Approach: An important part of this is physical education and sports. Purpose: to study students' results in physical education and sports, their attitude to a healthy lifestyle and physical readiness to their professional work. Results: physical activity of the overwhelming majority of students is insufficient. The percentage of smokers and alcohol users among students has been revealed. A number of gender differences have been identified: women-students do less physical exercises and sports than men-students; also women-students perform regular morning exercises less frequently and are less willing to participate in sportive events, but smoke and drink alcoholic beverages significantly less. The women-students have shown worse self-estimation of their working ability dynamics during a day and week, worse self-estimation of their health and a greater number of fatigue signs during university studies. The expressed positive influence of physical exercises and sportactivities on various aspects of students' educational, psychological and social spheres, their working ability and health has been proved. Conclusions: The research is practically important for substantiation of physical education and sports application for formation of students' psychophysiological readiness to their future professional activities.

The Influence of Physical Activity on Students’ Psychological Well-Being

“…-personal traits: extraversion, optimistic attributive style and emotional stability (Rigby & Huebner, 2005); -academic success (Chang et al, 2003); -achievements (Suldo et al, 2008); -life circumstances, including social support (Gilman et al, 2006;Suldo et al, 2008); -social-psychological factors: safety and comfort of the home environment; an atmosphere of love in family characterized by joys, closeness and harmony; openness and trust in interpersonal relationships; parental control and involvement in children's lives; a sense of importance in family; family support for children's relations with other people and activities outside their family (Joronen & Åstedt-Kurki 2005;Kokun et al, 2018).…”

Indicators of physical activity and fitness of male students at Russian universities

“…Kokun et al, provided data on Ukraine male students' self-estimation of their health. Most Ukrainian male students rate their PA level and health as good (about 59%) [30]. Pathare et al, reports that 48% of medical students from the United States indicate a high level of physical activity in IPAQ [31].…”

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“…Positive emotional environment determines psychophysiological capabilities of a person, therefore an increase in physical activity of school students will favor the formation of positive emotions and increase of mental performance of school students. One of the conditions for the development and improvement of the mechanisms of adaptation to mental loads is physical activity, which can act as an optimizing factor, and, in case of its inappropriate use, as a maladaptive factor (Kokun et al, 2018). Physical loads cause changes in various functions of the body, affect mental performance, attention, operative thinking, and the amount of processed information (Bezrukikh et al, 2005;Korobeynikov et al, 2013).…”

“…One of the main indicators of the functional state of the mental sphere is the mental activity. Its high level is one of the main indicators of mental health and functional state of the body as a whole (Kokun et al, 2018).…”