Abstract:

Creative activity is a process of spontaneous and natural manifestation of oneself by a person. It seems to be a clear determinant of a person's achievement of the most natural - healthy state. This study shows which aspects of psychological health are affected by the implementation of creative activity.

In this way, this study hypothesizes that the implementation of creative activity determines a higher level of psychological health.

The study aims to find differences in specific indicators of psychological health between people who are engaged in creativity and people who did not.
The research sample included 2 groups: experimental (people engaged in creative work - 40 people); control (not engaged in creativity - 41 people).

Research methods: the psychological health of the research participants was measured by the psychological health diagnostic method (A.V. Kozlov); method of "strategies for overcoming stressful situations" (N.E. Vodopyanova, E. Starchenkova); research method of self-attitude (S.R. Pantileev).

Statistical methods: correlation analysis (Spearman's rank correlation coefficient); Mann-Whitney U-test. Statistical processing was carried out in SPSS 23.0.
Results. It was found that creative activity has a significant impact on 2 important aspects of psychological health. In particular, creative activity contributes to the development of creativity as a character trait - a creative outlook on life that allows to more productively overcome stressful situations. In addition, creative people have more self-confidence. This indicates that creative activity allows a person to better understand oneself and, as a result, to be more effective in solving everyday problems.

In solving the problems of pedagogical and consulting practice, creative activity allows to avoid the moments of stereotyping the thinking of a student or client. In addition, the realization of creativity opens up prospects for a person to strengthen own personality.

Keywords:

Psychological health, creative activity, level of psychological health, influence, differences in severity, University Students.