Keyword: «adolescent»

The Internet has firmly entered the lives of modern teenagers and brought a lot of problems, one of which is Internet addiction. The article presents a study of the problem of the influence of the Internet on the psychological characteristics of adolescents. The study identified levels of addiction, factors that influence Internet immersion, symptoms, and manifestations, and described the behavior of Internet-dependent adolescents. The study will be useful for teachers and parents of teenagers.

The article provides a comparative analysis of the results of studying coping strategies in adolescents who are prone and not prone to deviant behavior. The data presented by the author indicate that predominantly non-adaptive and relatively adaptive variants of cognitive, emotional and behavioral coping strategies are characteristic of adolescents prone to deviations.

In the article we have characterized the phenomenon of adolescent and youth subcultures. The interrelation of color and various socio-psychological aspects within adolescent and youth subcultures is shown. To achieve the research goal, a content analysis and a survey were conducted. The purpose of the content analysis is to identify what color content is in the symbols of representatives of adolescent and youth subcultures. The survey allowed us to find out the peculiarities of people's perception of color preferences of representatives of adolescent and youth subcultures.

The relevance of the problem under study is related to the study of the characteristics of psychological and pedagogical support for the development of communication among adolescents at risk. A child’s communication with adults and peers is an important condition for the development of mental abilities and personal qualities of a teenager. Adolescents who experience communication difficulties have problems with learning, in the exchange of information, and their interpersonal relationships are distorted. Purpose of the study: to analyze the characteristics of communication development in adolescents at risk, to identify the content and forms of communication development, to work out a program of psychological and pedagogical support for the development of communication in adolescents at risk. The works of scientists in the field of communication, educational and developmental psychology, and the psychology of deviant behavior serve 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); empirical (testing, pedagogical experiment); methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis. The study involved 20 risk group adolescents. The diagnostic program included 6 methods. The novelty of the publication is associated with the development of a system of psychological and pedagogical measures aimed at developing communication among adolescents of this category. These procedures are collective in nature and help overcome difficulties in mastering the leading type of activity. Dialogue, game, training technologies, individual and group forms of work were used, aimed at building communication with peers, achieving mutual understanding, etc. The study showed that psychological and pedagogical support for the development of communication in adolescents at risk will be more effective when taking into account their psychological characteristics, relying on the positive motivation of students to acquire communication skills, carrying out preventive measures to decrease difficulties in communication and interaction as well as deviant behavior. The program’s activities included the work with teenagers and their parents; they can be used in the work of an educational psychologist, social educator, educational adviser, class teacher, etc.