Department of Psychology

Education

• 1997-2002 Kostanay State University. Specialisation: Psychology. Qualification: Psychologist; Lecturer in Psychology.
• 2015-2017 A. Baitursynov Kostanay State University. Specialisation: Pedagogy and Psychology. Master of Pedagogical Sciences.
• Penza State University, Penza, Russia. Postgraduate programme in 37.06.01 Psychological Sciences. Qualification: Researcher; Lecturer-Researcher.

Subjects taught 

• Introduction to the Profession
• Developmental Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Psychological Support for Students
• Neuropsychological and Pathopsychological Assessment of Children’s Mental Development
• Psychology of a Competitive Personality

Work experience

• 2002-2005 Lecturer in Psychology, Rudny Industrial Institute.
• 2005-2006 Senior Lecturer, Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, Kostanay Social and Technical University.
• 2006-2015 Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, A. Baitursynov Kostanay State University.
• 2009-2011 Psychologist, Centre for Practical Psychology, Kostanay State University.
• 2017-2019 Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, A. Baitursynov Kostanay State University.
• 2019-2021 Head of the Department of Psychology, A. Baitursynuly Kostanay Regional University.
• 2021-2025 Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, A. Baitursynuly Kostanay Regional University.
• 2025-2026 Head of the Department of Psychology, A. Baitursynuly Kostanay Regional University.

Certificates of professional development

• 2023 The Use of Metaphorical Associative Cards in Counselling Children and Adolescents, Empathy Psychological Centre, 72 hours.
• 2024 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Work with Children, International Education Center Psychology School, 27 hours.
• 2024 Psychological Characteristics of Parent–Child Relationships, A. Baitursynuly Kostanay Regional University, 72 hours.
• 2026 Neuropsychology in Education: Development, Learning and Contemporary Approaches, IPM Academy, Astana, 80 hours.

Publications 

• Satkangulova, G. Zh., & Andrenko, E. V. (2022). The influence of residential patterns on the formation of value orientations among ethnic Russians living compactly in Kazakhstan. In Psychology in a Changing World: Problems, Hypotheses, and Prospects: Proceedings of the All-Russian Scientific Conference with International Participation (pp. 59–64). Chelyabinsk: South Ural State University Publishing Centre.
• Satkangulova, G. Zh., & Shabanova, N. A. (2022). A study of the relationship between the type of ethnic identity and residential patterns among residents of Kazakhstan’s border region. In Psychology in a Changing World: Problems, Hypotheses, and Prospects: Proceedings of the All-Russian Scientific Conference with International Participation (pp. 208–213). Chelyabinsk: South Ural State University Publishing Centre.
• Satkangulova, G. Zh., & Konstantinov, V. V. (2022). Social distance and satisfaction with interethnic relations among residents of Kazakhstan’s border regions. In Ananyev Readings 2022: Sixty Years of Social Psychology at St Petersburg State University—From Origins to New Achievements and Innovations: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference (pp. 750–752). St Petersburg: Skifiya-Print.
• Satkangulova, G. Zh., & Urdabaeva, L. E. (2023). A study of interethnic relations among young people in Kazakhstan. In Current Issues in the Study of Mass Consciousness: Proceedings of the 7th International Scientific and Practical Conference (pp. 347–352). Moscow: Pero.
• Satkangulova, G. Zh. (2023). Socio-psychological characteristics of the ethnic identity of residents of border regions. Penza Psychological Bulletin, 2(21), 69–76.
• Satkangulova, G. Zh. (2024). A study of the relationship between the value orientations of border-region residents and residential patterns. In Socio-Psychological Adaptation of Migrants in the Modern World: Proceedings of the 7th International Scientific and Practical Conference (pp. 245–250). Penza.
• Satkangulova, G. Zh., & Konstantinov, V. V. (2024). The influence of residential patterns on the socio-psychological characteristics of the ethnic identity of residents of border regions. Review of Pedagogical Research, 6(5), 20–26.
• Satkangulova, G. Zh., & Konstantinov, V. V. (2024). A study of the socio-psychological characteristics of ethnic identity among residents of border regions in Russia and Kazakhstan. Human Capital, 8(188), 155–161.
• Satkangulova, G. Zh., & Konstantinov, V. V. (2024). A study of social distance among residents of border regions in Russia and Kazakhstan. Scientific Opinion, 7–8, 158–163.
• Satkangulova, G. Zh. (2024). On the ethnic identity of residents of border regions in Russia and Kazakhstan. Penza Psychological Bulletin, 1(22), 3–9.
• Mynbayeva, A., Stelmakh, S., Satkangulova, G., Sarkisyan, L., Reznik, A., Romem-Porat, S.-L., & Isralowitz, R. (2025). Housing conditions, well-being and substance use among Kazakhstan higher education students. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2025.2606237
• Satkangulova, G. Zh. (2025). Ethnic identity under conditions of compact and dispersed settlement: A comparative analysis of Russia and Kazakhstan. In Current Issues in the Study of Mass Consciousness: Proceedings of the 8th International Scientific and Practical Conference (pp. 189–193). Penza.