Irina V. Kulagina

Modern media space, as a new environment of socialization, often contains models of deviant behavior that can be borrowed by participants in virtual relationships, since they are broadcast by reference persons. Subsequently, such behavior can be transferred to real interaction and block personal growth. The purpose of the study, due to this aspect, was to identify the dominant forms of deviant behavior in young men studying at a secondary vocational educational institution. The results obtained indicate that the predominant strategy of respondents is demonstrative socially desirable behavior.

The current situation of the information technologies dominance arouses research interest in relation to the influence of this fact on the structure and characteristics of self-realization of young men, because it is adolescence that is recognized as the most relevant in the formation of self-realization. The purpose of the research was to identify the features of self-realization of young men studying in an institution of secondary professional education. The results obtained show the average indices of all diagnostic scales, which were reduced to four factors by means of factorization that form the structure of self-realization of the examined young men.

The relevance of the implemented study is due to the increase in the number of persons with deviant forms of behavior, which negatively affects both the state of society in general and the development of these individuals in particular. The aim of the study was to understand the characteristics of adaptation to the environment in persons with drug and alcohol addiction and in a sample of persons without deviant behavior. The results obtained made it possible to state the absence of statistically significant differences in the degree of adaptation among persons with drug and alcohol addiction and respondents with no deviations in behavior. At the same time, the qualitative characteristic features of the adaptation were found in respondents with drug and alcohol addiction.

The article analyzes the characteristics of self-realization of a person in middle age. On the one hand, it is the pinnacle of personal opportunities, and on the other hand, it is accompanied by a crisis, overcoming of which may be associated with significant transformations of the life trajectory. The purpose of the work was to study the characteristics of personality self-realization in middle-aged men and women. We hypothesized that the diversity of social roles performed by women and men would also be reflected in the peculiarities of their self-realization. As a result of the study, we identified the main trends in the self-realization of middle-aged women and men, as well as the qualitative features of their personal self-realization.

The article examines the relationship of the phenomena of self-actualization and self-realization in a single process of personal improvement. The results of experimental studies of the peculiarities of self-realization of first-year students with different levels of socio-psychological adaptation to the conditions of higher school.