RUDN Journal of Psychology and PedagogicsRUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics2313-16832313-1705Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)7859The psychological status of children living on ecologically «polluted» territories as indicator of their adaptation to environmental conditionsSarayevaN MКафедра теоретической и прикладной психологииФакультет психологии; Забайкальский государственный гуманитарно-педагогический университет; Zabaikalsky State Humanitarian Pedagogical Universitysaraiewa@mail.ruZabaikalsky State Humanitarian Pedagogical University150420104636808092016Copyright © 2016, Psychology and Pedagogics2016The article deals with the problem of psychological status of those children who live in ecologically unfavorable region. It has been proved that signs of mental activity lowering (within the norm) for children of the discussed category are caused by minimizing psychological adaptation in ecologically unfavorable conditions.region of ecological troublepsychology statusminimizing adaptationрегион экологического неблагополучияпсихологический статусминимизирующая адаптация