Психология социального развития

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.

The article explains the necessity of integration of socio-psychological and age approaches to the phenomenon of age norms. It has been proposed to introduce the concept of «socio-age norms» that are defined as constructed in the course of social interaction and conscious representations of attitudes, behaviors, values, inherent in the specific age group to help meet the needs in social and self-efficiency. In order to verify it the empirical study has been implemented.

The article presents the results of an empirical study of personality development in young adulthood. Chronological boundaries and major tasks of personality development in the period of early adulthood are examined. The theoretical arguments and empirical evidence of allocation of two aspects of human maturity: social and personal maturity are offered. Criteria for determining the levels of social and personal development of the individual are shown. The use of psychodiagnostic tools (techniques ?Motivational induction? by J. Nyutten and ?Test of self-actualization?

The article presents empirical research materials devoted to universal and culture-specific peculiarities of interconnection between social activity and personal subjective well-being. The study was performed on the selected sample is proportional to the representatives of Russian and Tatar youth (Russian and Tatar students of Saratov State University and Tatar students of Nizhnekamsk Branch of Mosciw Humanitarian-Economic Institute of the Republic of Tatarstan; n = 120, males and females, aged 18–20 y.o.).