Региональная идентичность в юношеском возрасте как маркер личностной связи с территорией проживания

Abstract

One of the obviously understudied aspects of psychological well-being is one’s personal relation with their territory of residence, as even in the modern world the region of residence has a significant impact on young people's identity. Any malfunctions in the relationship between one’s personality and the social world result in personality disorders. Regional identity is a concept that reflects one’s conscious positive attitude towards the region of his/her residence. The paper explores the person’s image of the world captured in individual, territory-oriented units — concepts that form the conceptosphere of the resident’s regional identity. The analysis of the structure of the conceptosphere will help reveal the most significant categories of regional symbols for the young people. The aim of the study is to reveal the structure of the conceptosphere of regional identity in young people (with Sverdlovsk region students as an example) basing on the interpretation of separate concepts as well as of concept groups. The task of revealing and describing the structural components of the conceptosphere of regional identity of the Sverdlovsk Oblast resident was solved using a survey of 73 subjects aged 18 to 21 years. The subjects were asked to name 10 words-concepts that, in their opinion, characterize Sverdlovsk Oblast most fully and to range them according to their significance. Exploratory factor analysis was then used to reveal the structural components. As it was found, the structure of the conceptosphere of regional identity can be described with five components. The paper provides an empirical description of the following components in relation to regional identity in Sverdlovsk Oblast students: mythological-religious, existential, historical, natural, and value-based.