Biography

Maryna Kidalova (30 June 1968, Dzhankoi, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea);

2013 – PhD in Psychology.

Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology at Berdiansk State Pedagogical University.

1983–1987 – studied at the Mariinskyi primary school teacher training college of Kemerovo oblast as per program subject area “Teaching at Junior School of General Secondary Education Establishments”;

1987–1991 – studied at P.D. Osypenko State Teachers’ Training Institute as per program subject area “Pedagogy and Methods of Primary Education”;

1991 – graduated from BSPI and worked as a physical training instructor at kindergarten No. 27 in Berdiansk;

2005 – has been working at BSPU;

2006–2011 – studied at the postgraduate school of Berdiansk Teachers’ Training Institute as per program subject area 19.00.07 – Pedagogical and Developmental Psychology;

2008 – did a postgraduate qualification in program subject area “Practical Psychology” and obtained the qualifications of a practical psychologist at education establishments, a primary school teacher and an organizer of primary education;

2013 – defended her PhD thesis Psychological Features of Emotional Barriers in Adolescence (thesis adviser – P.V. Lushyn, a Doctor of Psychology, a Professor).

Areas of scientific interest: facilitation of emotional development of a person and socio-psychological support of vulnerable sections of the population.