Keyword: «adolescence»

The article describes the results of a study of the causes of aggression in adolescence. The importance of parent-child relations for the harmonious development of the child is substantiated. It is shown that disturbed relationships are the cause of violations in the development of the emotional-volitional sphere of a teenager. It is proved that the nature of parent-child relationships in the family have a significant impact on the formation of the personality of a teenager.

The article considers the features of the formation of ethnic identity of adolescents in an urban environment, describes the results of a pilot study of the formation of knowledge and ideas of adolescents about the ethnic characteristics of a person and a group, awareness of belonging to their ethnic group, outlines ways to increase the ethnocultural competence of adolescents.

The study of ideas about meaningful life orientations in adolescents with different levels of self-regulation is of particular relevance and significance. The data obtained will form the basis for working out training and psycho-corrective programs aimed at developing self-regulation skills and forming a system of meaningful life orientations in adolescence. The purpose of the study is to identify differences in the manifestation of life meaningfulness in adolescents with high, medium and low levels of self-regulation. In the course of the empirical study, it was found that there were differences in the characteristics of the meaning of life orientations of adolescents with different levels of self-regulation. The higher is the general level of self-regulation in adolescents, the higher is the overall index of life meaningfulness.

The relevance of the study consists in an attempt to empirically verify the idea about the opposition of self-realization of the individual and the tendency to deviant behavior as it is stated in the psychological literature. The purpose of the study was to test the assumption about the connection of self-realization aspects with various forms of deviant behavior. As a result, we found significant correlations between certain aspects of self-realization of young men studying in secondary specialized educational institutions and some forms of deviant behavior. The revealed connections are accompanied by probabilistic interpretations.

Fostering social responsibility in adolescence is paramount in education. The traditions of raising children in rural districts are often based on the value priorities of folk customs: mutual assistance, the formation of a respectful attitude towards elders, inclusion in labor activity. Search activity is one of the forms of fostering patriotism, citizenship and responsibility. The definition of the content and forms of social responsibility development in rural adolescents is rather relevant. The purpose of the work: to study the characteristic aspects of the social responsibility development in rural adolescents, to work out and test a program for the development of social responsibility among rural adolescents – members of the search team. The works of scientists in the field of social responsibility and technologies for its development in adolescents served as the theoretical and methodological basis of the study. Research methods: theoretical (study and analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature; analysis, generalization and systematization of information from scientific sources); empirical (testing, questioning, pedagogical experiment); methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis. The study was conducted on the basis of the "Education Center No. 28" in the village of Plekhanovo, Tula region. The study involved 24 adolescents who were members of the search team. The diagnostic program included the following methods: “Conscientiousness Scale” (V.V. Melnikov, L.T. Yampolsky), Locus of Control Diagnosis Method (E.F. Zeer, G.A. Karpov), “Adolescent Self-Esteem Study” (G.N. Kazantseva), “Express Diagnosis of Responsibility” (EDR), questionnaire survey of adolescents – members of the search team. The development of social responsibility among rural adolescents – members of the search team will be more effective in case of taking into account the age and individual characteristics of rural adolescents, enriching the experience of developing the value of social responsibility, translating patriotic values and citizenship. The results of the study can be used in work with different categories of adolescents on the basis of educational institutions, children's and youth organizations, institutions of additional education; in training of teachers, organizers of work with youth, social educators, counselors, etc.