PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIALLY ACTIVE YOUTH

Abstract

The article provides a theoretical substantiation and experimentally investigates the psychological support of the development of socially active youth. The study has been carried out on the materials of comparative research of psychological qualities of socially active and socially inactive youth to present advantages and limitations of the selected types of socially active youth, and also to describe experience of psychological support of the further development of their social activity. Methodology. A model of the psychological qualities of socially active youth has been built (leadership development, value-motivational, emotional-regulatory and communicative components of psychological qualities) and the appropriate psychodiagnostic, statistical and developmental tools have been selected. Results and discussion. Based on empirical research, the level of development of the indicated psychological qualities of its participants was revealed, differences between socially active and socially inactive youth were revealed. There are 5 types of socially active youth (according to the level of development of psychological qualities): leaders, communicators, impulsive, aggressive, avoiding communication young people. There are statistically significant relationships between the psychological qualities of socially active youth and factors at the macro level (orientation of social activity of youth), meso level (type of organization in which youth is active), micro level (professional and socio-demographic characteristics of youth). The psychological conditions for the development of socially active youth have been determined. A training for the development of psychological qualities necessary for the implementation of the social activity of young people has been developed and tested.