Educational Acmeology. Developmental Psychology
ISSN 2304-9790 (Print)
ISSN 2541-9013 (Online)


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Social and Psychological Aspects of the Phenomenon of Parenthood

The article deals with socio-psychological characteristics of the components of the phenomenon of parenthood: fatherhood and motherhood. The analysis of the major challenges of fatherhood and motherhood in contemporary society; indicate the social and psychological causes of the crisis of parenthood in contemporary society.

Modern Student-age Idea of Parenthood Problem

Modern approaches to studying the phenomenon of parenting are being analyzed. It is shown that fatherhood and motherhood as components of parenthood phenomenon are different ways of actualizing individual, gender and socio-cultural parental roles. The data was obtained of the sample of student-age people of Saratov State University named after N. G. Chernyshevsky (n = 60, largely females, age 16–22, 12% of them married).