Психология социального развития

Special features of career orientations of future engineers are described; they define the vector of professional formation and the level of professional development. The results of the empirical research are presented, the research was carried out on the representative sample (N = 82, M = 20,30 years, students of 2 - 6 years of study of National Technical University «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute» with different technical specialties) with application of the diagnostic tools: the method of «The questionnaire of self-organization activity by E. Yu.

This paper describes the results of studies of the cognitive assessment subjects of their own participation in online communities, as well as their ideas about themselves in the context of addictive and controlling behavior of the individual. Explores the perception and awareness of the potential personal risks of involvement in online communication - on the one hand, and resources the participation - on other hand.

The article presents study the influence of the salience of ethnic identity on choice migrant's acculturation attitude according to the theory of social identity by H. Tajfel and J. C. Turner and the theory of cognitive dissonance by L. Festinger. We suppose that migrants experienced uncomfortable in new cultural environment due to the inconsistency of their own cultural values and norms with norms and values of the host society. In order to regain their cognitive structure in consistency, migrants need to choice their acculturation attitude.

In article author described results of the empirical research directed on check of a hypothesis of existence of distinctions in psychological features of young people with different types of the relation to ex62 tremists. The received results testify that values, basic beliefs, ethnic identity and representations of youth about extremist are characterized by specifics at young people with negative, indifferent and loyal type of the attitude towards extremists. The most convex are psychological features of respondents with loyal type of the attitude towards extremists.

Discribed the problem of proliferation of vandal behavior among teenage boys and young men and the lack of modern practice or effective mechanisms for prevention of these forms of deviant behavior. The researcher points out that one of the reasons of determinational readiness to commit a vandal acts is destruction and deformation of the respondents' value area. The results of empirical research carried out in the teenage boys and young men sample groups with normative and deviant behavior (N = 457) used diagnostic tools: questionnaire value by S.

Discusses the concept of «behavioral activity». Contents of such categories as destructive and constructive behavioral activity. It is noted that their influence on the outcome of the conflict in adolescence ambiguous. Empirically proved that the achievement of objectives in situations of interpersonal conflict may equally depend on the use of destructive behavioral activity, and constructive. While in the situation of failure to achieve goals is always dominated by destructive behavior. At the same time in the same situation are different types of behavioral activity.

The article presents the results of theoretical and empiric research of adaptation readiness of personality. It has been shown that adaptation readiness is not only the result of difficult cooperation between external and internal factors but also an integral effect of multi-level integration of regulatory systems (subsystems) of personality.

The article outlines the main provisions of an integrated model of selfdetermination. Social activity is an important component as we'll as an indicator of social self-determination. The empirical study was carried out on a sample of youth  (N= 100 people, 18-30 years old) using the author's program for comprehensive studying the phenomenon of self determination, developed by A. L. Zhuravlev and A. B. Kupreychenko. It was found that social activity of modern youth is primarily focused on the satisfaction of their needs and their families.

The article presents approaches to study creativeness that are connected to personal traits. The researchers suggest the list of traits related to creativity. The results of empirical research are shown that has been conducted on 93 students of Kemerovo University of Culturev and Arts (aged from 18 to 33, studying different educational programs). Specially designed unipolar personality semantic differential has been applied.

The article presents the results of social age norms study by means of qualitative data analysis. The authors suggest definition and the list of basic functions of social norms. Sample group of empirical research were represented by three age groups (7 people in each, total - 21 people.): early adulthood (20-40 years), middle adulthood (40-60 years), 37and late adulthood (60 years and older). The method of investigation is a semistructured interview.