Abstract
The article presents the results of a study of students of the Kazakhstan-American Free University of Ust Kamenogorsk using a screening questionnaire and three psychodiagnostic tests. The main factors in the formation and develop ment of maladaptive behavior are signs of depression and neuroticism, out of 184 students, 46 students with signs of depression and 41 students with signs of neuroticism were identified, while emotional instability was revealed in 18 students with signs of depression. Depression and anxiety are more susceptible to girls than to boys. Persons with a melancholic-choleric type of temperament are more likely to be anxious and depressed. In the studied category of students, the main factors for the formation of signs of maladaptation except for depression, anxiety, hidden somatic diseases and neuroticism. 10 respondents identified hidden somatic diseases that caused the manifestation of depression.