Психология социального развития

We listed the psychological aspects of perceiving urban environment as a source of stressing the individual. It has been shown that it is not only the objective characteristics of the urban environment that may adversely affect an individual, but also the peculiar attitude of a person to the environment and the person's individual features and mass objectives.

We have attempted theoretical analysis of social and cultural determination of the criteria of subjective well-being on the basis of which judgments about happiness, satisfaction with life and oneself are drawn.

The article meaningfully analyses the concepts of the personal potential and the socio-psychological adaptation in correlation with the psychological readiness of the person to take the risk in adolescence. It demonstrates the results of empirical research, carried out using a sample group of students from the universities of city of Saratov - Saratov State University named after N. G. Chernyshevsky and Saratov State Medical University named after V. I. Razumovsky (N = 77, age 19-22 years). Methods that were used: «Personal factors of decision-making» (LFR-25 T. V.

The study demonstrates theoretical grounds of the study of representation of socio-political phenomena and problems among representatives of different ethnic groups.

The article presents the results of theoretical and empirical investigation of characteristics of hope. Content analysis of 158 Russian proverbs and sayings, 277 popular modern aphorisms, as well as comparative analysis, allowed to find out that in comparison to folklore linguistic consciousness, there is a trend of decrease in positive attitude to hope in modern people. Hope is evaluated ambivalently. The article points out that there are two clearly distinguished vectors of hope: positive and negative; active and passive.

The article analyzes theoretical approaches to understanding the process of the development of image of parenthood. It reveals the gender differences in the ideas of maternity and paternity, and also in parental mindset and expectations. The research sample group consisted of 60 respondents (30 young men and 30 girls age 20- 24 years). The complex of methods has been used: modified version of diagnostic method for interpersonal relationships by T. Leary, adapted by L. N. Sobchik modified by R. V. Ovcharova, PARI method by E. S. Sheffer and R. K. Bell adapted by T. V.

The article analyzes the problem of self-cognition development in the school children. The research suggests theoretical analysis of the approaches to the problem of the influence of the image of ?the other? on the self-cognition development. The empirical research has been made on the sample group of more than 300 school children age 8–17 from several Volgograd schools. Method of free self-description has been used as the major one. It has been stated that there are characteristics of the significant ?other?

The article presents results of the empirical investigation aimed at the analysis of socio-cultural conditionalism of evaluations of personal characteristics of a stranger by adults, based on stranger’s appearance, indicators of expression and style of appearance. 60 females aged 25-30 years old took part in the investigation. The following diagnostic toolset was used: Cattell’s 15 Personality Factors Test and semantic differential method.

The article views personal peculiarities of city and countryside teenagers. It presents the result of the empiric investigation, which was carried out on a sample of city (n = 620) and countryside (n = 580) teenagers (aged 12–18) with application of the following psychodiagnostic tools: questionnaire regarding change of aggressive and hostile reactions (Buss-Durkey Inventory), E. S. Romanova’s questionnaire of emotional strain; State-Trait Anxiety Inventory – STAI by Spielberger and Khanin, L. D.

The article presents the results of studying social expectations of a personality. It emphasizes the significance and shows the role of social expectations as one of the major understudied psychological phenomena. The influence of this phenomenon can be traced at all stages of socialization and development of a personality in the ontogenic and professional aspects. The study reveals peculiarities of children’s and adults’ expectations.