Studying sources of stress among students specializing in cartoon animation and the possibility of overcoming it with the help of soft skills

this article examines the sources of stress in students specializing in Animation and Design and analyzes the influence of various factors on the level of stress and motivation of students. The relevance of the study is confirmed by the fact that psychological well-being is an important aspect in education, especially in creative professions that require high emotional involvement. The main idea of the article is that animation students face unique sources of stress associated with both educational requirements and the need to develop multidisciplinary skills. One approach to reducing stress may be developing soft skills and learning about flexible production processes. The analysis of the survey showed how competent students are of these subjects. It also turned out that the main sources of stress are the need to learn computer programs, lack of understanding of the relationship between some of the studied disciplines and the future profession, and lack of encouragement for successfully completed tasks. An important aspect is also the influence of individual characteristics of students: their temperament, gender and experience of working in teams. Differences in reactions to stress between boys and girls were revealed, which requires special attention from teachers. Most of the students surveyed expressed willingness to work in a project team and were optimistic about the prospects of such work, but their experience of such work was very limited, and the stress level of those who tried collective project work was high enough. We recommend the introduction of collective work on an animated project into the educational process, as well as the study of a flexible production process.

animation, cartoonist, animator, stress, student, secondary vocational education, soft skills, flexible production process, educational environment, psychological well-being, psychological health, professional development