Influence of Teenagerʼs Value-Semantic Orientations on their Professional Self-Determination in the Age of Digitalization

Abstract

The article deals with the concept of values and the significance of the individual hierarchical structure of human values. The prerequisites for cardinal changes in the structure of social values in Russia over the past two generations are noted. The features of the formation of value-semantic orientations of adolescents in the age of digitalization are described, as well as the influence that the value structure of these adolescents has on their professional self-determination. The data presented in the article from previously published studies related to the study of the structure of adolescentsʼ values became the starting point in a comparative analysis of the changes that have occurred in the structure of adolescentsʼ values since the 2000s. A study conducted in 2022 among 70 adolescents aged 14–16 using the S. Schwartz questionnaire led to the conclusion that the new generation of adolescents in their value structure gives a leading position to the values of the “Openness to Change” group at the normative level and the level of individual priorities, and conservative values take the second position. In addition, the risk zones of the Internet space for the valuesemantic system of adolescents, their worldview and the need to work with the moral and spiritual development of adolescents caused by these risks are noted.