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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="review-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Психология и педагогика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1683</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1705</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">50469</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1683-2025-22-4-671-691</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">OKMLYM</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>PERSONALITY AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ЛИЧНОСТЬ И ВЫЗОВЫ СОВРЕМЕННОСТИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Review Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Workplace Risks for IT Professionals Associated with Barriers to Healthy Behavior: A Review of International Research in the Context of the Healthy Workplace Model</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Риски рабочего места ИТ-специалистов и их связь с барьерами здорового поведения: обзор зарубежных исследований в контексте модели «Здоровое рабочее место»</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4750-5415</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="scopus">57219905431</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="researcherid">K-1694-2018</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">3350-9879</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Gofman</surname><given-names>Olga O.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гофман</surname><given-names>Ольга Олеговна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D. in Psychology, Associate Professor at the Department of Labor Psychology and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат психологических наук, доцент кафедры психологии труда и организационной психологии, факультет психологии</p></bio><email>o.o.gofman@spbu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9653-9283</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="researcherid">MTF-q204-2025</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">9715-5986</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Shumeiko</surname><given-names>Elena</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шумейко</surname><given-names>Елена</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Research Engineer, Assistant at the Department of Labor Psychology and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>инженер-исследователь, ассистент кафедры психологии труда и организационной психологии, факультет психологии</p></bio><email>alena.shum2017@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2016-7882</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="scopus">57127853400</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="researcherid">F-7631-2015</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">3571-1660</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nikiforov</surname><given-names>German S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Никифоров</surname><given-names>Герман Сергеевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctor of Psychology, Professor at the Department of Labor Psychology and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор психологических наук, профессор кафедры психологии труда и организационной психологии, факультет психологии</p></bio><email>nikiforov.germ@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">St. Petersburg State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-06-04" publication-format="electronic"><day>04</day><month>06</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>22</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 22, NO4 (2025)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 22, №4 (2025)</issue-title><fpage>671</fpage><lpage>691</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-06-04"><day>04</day><month>06</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Gofman O.O., Shumeiko E., Nikiforov G.S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Гофман О.О., Шумейко Е., Никифоров Г.С.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Gofman O.O., Shumeiko E., Nikiforov G.S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Гофман О.О., Шумейко Е., Никифоров Г.С.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/psychology-pedagogics/article/view/50469">https://journals.rudn.ru/psychology-pedagogics/article/view/50469</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>In today’s information society, where IT professionals play a central role, their work, despite its apparent safety, carries specific and not always obvious health risks. The importance of studying these risks is determined by their direct impact on labor producitvity, health and well-being. The purpose of this study is to review and summarize international scientific data on the workplace risks for IT professionals in the context of the WHO Healthy Workplace Model (HWM), as well as to outline a basis for developing a questionnaire to assess organizational-level barriers to healthy behavior. For this purpose, a PRISMA-ScR-compliant scoping review was performed along with a search in Scopus, WoS, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Google Scholar, followed by a targeted screening of reference lists and citation searches. The P-E-O-S criteria included: IT professionals (P, Population); workplace risks as potential causes of barriers to healthy behavior (E, Exposure/Context); health/well-being outcomes (O, Outcomes); and empirical quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods studies in English (S, Study Design). Of the more than 500 sources identified, 45 publications were included in the final review. The results have shown that IT professionals face a complex set of risks, despite the formal absence of harmful workplace factors. These risks include physical (musculoskeletal diseases, vision problems, metabolic and cardiovascular disorders) and psychosocial (stress, burnout, poor work-life balance) issues. The physical risks are caused by prolonged sitting, lack of physical activity, and poor workplace ergonomics. The psychosocial risks are associated with high workload, tight deadlines, and blurred digital boundaries. Personal health resources of employees are dual in nature: they depend on corporate health and wellness programs, on the one hand, and on their subjective attitudes toward their own health and overall lifestyle, on the other. Research on the impact of enterprise community involvement on the health and well-being of IT employees remains limited. Distinguishing between workplace risks and barriers to healthy behavior allows for the identification of manageable working conditions as key preventative targets. Using the HWM model, it is possible to make a comprehensive analysis of health risks among IT professionals, providing a deeper understanding of the causes for barriers to healthy behavior in this professional group and creating a substantive basis for questionnaire development.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В современном информационном обществе, где ИТ-специалисты занимают центральное место, их профессиональная деятельность, несмотря на кажущуюся безопасность, связана со специфическими и не всегда очевидными рисками для здоровья. Значимость изучения данных рисков определяется их прямым влиянием на производительность труда, здоровье и благополучие ИТ-специалистов. Цель исследования - проведение обзора и систематизации зарубежных научных данных о рисках рабочего места ИТ-специалистов в контексте модели ВОЗ «Здоровое рабочее место» (ЗРМ), а также обоснование разработки опросника барьеров здорового поведения организационного уровня. Проведен скопинг-обзор по протоколу PRISMA-ScR, поиск источников выполнен в базах данных Scopus, WoS, PsycINFO, PubMed и Google Scholar с последующим целевым просмотром списков литературы и поиска по цитированию. Критерии включения P-E-O-S: ИТ-специалисты (P, Population), их риски рабочего места, которые могут стать причинами барьеров здорового поведения (E, Exposure/Context), результаты для здоровья/благополучия (O, Outcomes); эмпирические количественные, качественные и смешанные исследования на английском языке, опубликованные в рецензируемых журналах (S, Study Design). Из более чем 500 найденных статей в итоговый обзор включены 45 публикаций. Результаты показывают, что ИТ-специалисты сталкиваются с комплексом рисков, несмотря на формальное отсутствие вредных производственных факторов. Эти риски включают физические (заболевания опорно-двигательного аппарата, проблемы со зрением, метаболические и сердечно-сосудистые нарушения) и психосоциальные (стресс, выгорание, отсутствие баланса между работой и личной жизнью) проблемы. Физические риски обусловлены длительным сидением, недостатком физической активности и плохой эргономикой рабочего места. Психосоциальные риски связаны с высокой рабочей нагрузкой, жесткими сроками и размытием цифровых границ. Личные ресурсы здоровья сотрудников имеют двойственный характер: с одной стороны, они зависят от реализуемых в компании программ здоровья и благополучия, а с другой - от субъективного отношения к собственному здоровью и особенностей образа жизни в целом. Исследования о влиянии участия организации в жизни сообщества на здоровье и благополучие ИТ-сотрудников носят ограниченный характер. Разделение рисков рабочего места и барьеров здорового поведения позволяет выделять управляемые условия труда как ключевые мишени профилактики. Применение модели ЗРМ дает возможность комплексно анализировать риски для здоровья ИТ-специалистов, что позволяет глубже понять причины возникновения барьеров здорового поведения в данной профессиональной группе и обеспечивает содержательную основу для разработки опросника.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>IT professionals</kwd><kwd>healthy workplace</kwd><kwd>occupational health</kwd><kwd>workplace risks</kwd><kwd>physical work environment</kwd><kwd>psychosocial work environment</kwd><kwd>personal health resources</kwd><kwd>enterprise community involvement</kwd><kwd>barriers to healthy behavior</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>ИТ-специалисты</kwd><kwd>здоровое рабочее место</kwd><kwd>профессиональное здоровье</kwd><kwd>риски рабочего места</kwd><kwd>физическая производственная среда</kwd><kwd>психосоциальная производственная среда</kwd><kwd>личные ресурсы здоровья работника</kwd><kwd>участие предприятия в жизни сообщества</kwd><kwd>барьеры здорового поведения</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Исследование выполнено за счет гранта Российского научного фонда № 25-28-00983, https://rscf.ru/project/25-28-00983/</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">This research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (RSF), Project No. 25-28-00983, https://rscf.ru/project/25-28-00983/</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source></award-group></funding-group></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Alghadir, A.H., Khalid, S., &amp; Iqbal, Z.A. 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