Natalya Stepanova

The article presents brief theoretical analysis of the self-attitude and life satisfaction problem, as well as the results of empirical research of the self-attitude and life satisfaction components among medical students. It analyses differences in components of self-attitude and life satisfaction among boys and girls; it states the relationship between self-respect, sympathy for yourself, internal instability and life satisfaction in adolescence.

The paper presents a brief theoretical analysis of peculiarities of adaptive behavior in interpersonal conflict: the author discloses the definitions “adaptive behavior” and “adaptive behavior in interpersonal conflict”; provides guidance on the use of behavior strategies accounting the prevailing conflict situation and own character accentuations.

The paper presents the theoretical analysis of value orientations among modern young people and the results of the study of terminal values in life of students-psychologists. Leading positions in the hierarchy of terminal values of students-psychologists is a “private prestige”, “preserve their individuality” and “active social contacts”. These values are meaningful in the most important spheres of life such, as “training and education”, “professional life”, “hobbies”.