Keyword: «adolescents»

The article considers the influence of labor activity on the formation of the adolescent's personality, presents the results of the author's sociological research on the attitude of modern adolescents in Togliatti to socially useful work and paid labor activity.

The results of an empirical study are presented. The analysis of works in the field of existential psychology is made. The authors studied the specificity of adolescents’ emotional sphere development and the influence of existential fulfillment on the emotional sphere of adolescents. On a sample of 31 teenagers of grade 8, reliable data were obtained that levels of both situational and personal anxiety in adolescents with a higher level of existential fulfillment are certainly lower than in the group with its lower level. The emotional sphere of adolescents with a higher level of existential fulfillment is characterized by predominance of positive affect and a higher level of emotional intelligence, but only at the level of the trend.

The article considers the possibilities of assertiveness training as a means of psychological and pedagogical support of adolescents with a delay in mental development. The emotional-personal characteristics of the adolescents of this group are analyzed, which actualize the need to form and develop assertive behavior in them.

The article presents the results of the sociological survey conducted by the authors on the problem of the relevance of theater as an institution of culture in the process of non-family socialization of children and adolescents. The authors revealed the most preferred by the younger generation genres and plots of performances, as well as basic motives of the audience visiting theatres.