Axiological criteria for predicting the success of socio-psychological adaptation of schoolchildren of younger adolescence

Abstract

Introduction. The system of personal value orientations is considered the main determinant of the processes of socio-psychological adaptation. The value structure has a significant impact on both the development and formation of a personality, as well as on the regulation of its self-awareness, cognitive and emotional sphere and behavior. In adolescence, the maximum stress of adaptation processes occurs and the most pronounced intolerance to negative environmental influences is manifested. In this regard, the analysis of value-intentional mechanisms and strategies of sociopsychological adaptation at this age seems extremely relevant.Materials and Methods. The study involved 300 boys and girls of early adolescence, who, using a refined technique, had Schwartz and the K. Rogers and R. Diamond questionnaire "Sociopsychological adaptation" assessed the system of value orientations and the level of adaptation. Statistical processing of the materials included the calculation of the Mann-Whitney U-test and discriminant analysis (step-by-step Wilkes method).Results. The system of value orientations (includes 19 parameters) and the level of social adaptation of adolescents are studied. The comparison of value and adaptation parameters in boys and girls was carried out. Using statistical procedures, respondents with high and low levels of adaptability were identified. The comparison of value indicators was carried out both between respondents with different degrees of adaptation, and between adolescents of different genders. Canonical functions with a high discriminative ability for boys and girls are calculated, which allow using axiological variables to divide the respondents according to their degree of social adaptation.Discussion and Conclusions. It is shown that the effectiveness of the processes of social adaptation of adolescents improves as the degree of differentiation of value orientations increases, manifested by an increase in the "spread" of their positions in the "field" of value consciousness. It is established that the most important factor in the successful social adaptation of adolescents is the dominance of the main group-centered value orientations and the diminution of the role of egocentric intentions. The ambivalence of the influence of hedonistic intention on adaptation has been revealed, the increasing importance of which, in combination with the development of groupcentered values, contributes to successful social adaptation, and in combination with the increasing role of other egocentric values, becomes a factor of low tolerance to social frustration. The maladaptive influence of the value orientations "reputation" (in boys) and "independence" (in girls) on the processes of social adaptation has been established. The axiological criteria are calculated.