Adolescent Formation Research Articles

Research on the Impact of Internet Environment on Adolescent Gender Role Identity and Analysis of Countermeasures

With the popularization and development of the Internet, the network environment has become an important part of the daily life of adolescents. The network environment, with its unique information dissemination mode, social mode, and value concept, has an impact on the formation of adolescents’ gender role identity concept. Research at home and abroad shows that the vividness and visualization of gender information and gender imitation objects in the network environment are more likely to affect individual gender identity. The purpose of this paper is to deeply explore the influence of the Internet environment on adolescents’ gender role identity through the method of interview and observation and to analyze certain countermeasures, to provide a useful reference for further research and education.

Assessment of social and personal manifestations of adolescents interested in youth subculture

Introduction. The problem of the study is related to the idea of peculiarities of socialization as the formation of adolescents’ personality. The solution to this problem is necessary to prevent the negative impact of the subculture on the personality of the adolescent in the learning environment. According to the age specificity, an adolescent pays special attention to the reaction of their peers. Having identified themselves as members of social groups, adolescents put this identification into the scheme of self-awareness and begin to ‘bring’ themselves into ‘conformity with the group’. Deep and long involvement in the informal movement determines the interiorization of the group’s value system and changes in the adolescent’s worldview. In this regard, the purpose of this study is to identify social and personal manifestations of adolescents who are interested in youth subculture. Materials and Methods. The study follows personality-oriented and cognitive approaches. In order to achieve the goal of the study, the authors used theoretical (analysis, generalization, systematization) and empirical (testing, conversations, questionnaires, expert assessments) methods. The sample included 85 Year 10 students of secondary educational institutions in the Krasnodar Territory (Russia). Results. The article presents a theoretical analysis of approaches to the problem of studying social and personal characteristics of adolescents included in youth subcultures. The data obtained indicate personality traits and social status that determine the enthusiasm for certain subcultures. In particular, adolescents interested in youth subcultures demonstrated the following problems: dissatisfaction with social status, communication problems, adequacy/inadequacy of self-esteem, search for thrills, influence of friends, and insufficient knowledge about the content and features of the influence of youth subculture. Conclusions. Based on the theoretical analysis of scholarly literature on the problem of the research, it was found that the adolescent’s inclusion in an informal association is determined by social and personal characteristics. Adolescents who are interested in youth subcultures demonstrated the following common characteristics: the need for a higher status in the students’ group, peer approval, unstable self-esteem, etc. Understanding the characteristics of adolescents contributes to fostering an adequate personality formation and determines the content of the prevention measures aimed at eliminating negative influences of informal associations.

Komunikasi Antarpribadi Orang Tua-Anak Dalam Mengurangi Prilaku Seksual Sebelum Menikah Pada Remaja Hindu

College student who are late teens aged 18-19 years, have sexual development and phases that make them inclined to enter into a heterosexual relationship or relationship such as dating. During this period of dating they have a tendency to engage in sexual behavior, this is a negative thing in Hinduism which prohibits interpersonal communication. Interpersonal communication has the potential to carry out an instrumental function as a tool to influence or persuade others. Parent-adolescent interpersonal communication is a form of parenting process that has an important influence on the formation of adolescents' attitudes regarding sexual relations before marriage. So in this study it is hypothesized that stronger and closer parent-child interpersonal communication can reduce sexual behavior before marriage among Hindu teenagers. This research aims to find the influence of interpersonal communication on sexual behavior before marriage in Hindu teenagers. Quantitative methods were used in this research, collecting data by distributing questionnaires to 53 Hindu teenagers at Bumigora University. The results of this study state that interpersonal communication has a significant negative effect on the attitudes of Hindu teenagers in having sexual relations before marriage. This means that the better the interpersonal communication between Hindu teenagers and their parents, the lower their sexual behavior before marriage.

Role of the family, the school and the community in the prevention of alcohol consumption in adolescents

In our country, drug consumption in an irresponsible manner affects adolescence, with alcohol being one of the most common legal drugs, a problem we will deal with in our research, identifying causes and consequences, providing tools for the effectiveness of the work to be developed by the school-family-community trident in the prevention of alcohol consumption in adolescents at the middle school level, proposing a system of actions that will allow us to respond to the scientific problem posed. Theoretical methods used in the development of the study were the historical-logical, analytical-synthetic and induction-deduction and empirical methods such as: documentary analysis, surveys, observation, interview and mathematical methods. The practical significance consists in the fact that the contribution can be applied to different schools, families and communities, and the scientific novelty lies in the fact that the system of actions contributes to improving the quality of life of adolescents. These actions enhance the role of the family, the school and the community as a fundamental triangle in the preparation and formation of adolescents. The results obtained with the application of the proposal were effective and pertinent to solve the problem.

The association between the ethical guidance of science and technology in family moral education and the formation of personal values in adolescents

Abstract The development of adolescents’ thoughts and behaviors will be influenced by the environment, and the family, as an important place for adolescents to grow up, has an outstanding influence on the formation of adolescents’ values. The article first analyzes the connotation of family ideological and moral education and adolescents’ values. It explores the positive contribution of scientific and technological ethical guidance in family ideological and moral education to the formation of adolescents’ values. Primary and secondary school students in W city were selected as the research objects, and a questionnaire was designed to clarify the current development of adolescent personal values; and factor analysis and multiple linear regression model were introduced to explore the influencing factors on the formation of adolescent personal values. The reliability of the survey data was assessed through exploratory factor analysis and validation factor analysis, and the correlation between science and technology ethics in family education and adolescent personal values was examined. The eigenvalue of ethical values is 5.114 and contains 36.65% of the information on adolescents’ values, and the correlation coefficient between parental literacy and ethical values is 0.163. The regression coefficient between parental literacy and the formation of adolescents’ values is 0.429, and the moral guidance of science and technology in family education requires parents to be more literate to help adolescents better establish their values. This will help adolescents develop their values better.

Transfer of meaning in formation of adolescents’ language subcode

Transfer of meaning in formation of adolescents’ language subcode

Determinism of Media Technology and Distortion of Siri’ Culture

The rapid development of communication technology, particularly in social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram, profoundly influences the entire human experience. The influence includes cultural shifts among adolescents, precisely distortions to the "Siri" culture that affect their self-concept, self-esteem, and self-image. This qualitative research aimed to analyze changes in the Siri’ culture in communication among adolescents, the impact of communication media technology, and indicators of Siri' character building. The data was collected through observations, surveys, and interviews. The results showed two main findings: first, in the culture of adolescents in Parepare City, Siri’ is interpreted as a local philosophy that emphasizes the importance of maintaining self-respect in the daily style, speech, and behavior. It has a direct impact on the formation of adolescents' self-concept. The second, media technology has a significant influence on cultural changes and adolescents' self-concept (macca, lempu, warani, getting), self-esteem (penggalik), and self-image (malebbi, mekkeade, makanja).

Gender typicality of occupational aspirations among immigrant and native youth: the role of gender ideology, educational aspirations, and work values.

The gender typicality of adolescents' occupational aspirations helps sustain occupational segregation, ultimately contributing to maintain gender stratification. According to sociological and psychological perspectives, adolescents develop occupational aspirations by drawing on their gender beliefs and work-related values. Yet few empirical studies have examined the contribution of these value orientations specifically to the gender typicality of occupational aspirations. Moreover, although children from immigrant backgrounds make up an ever-increasing share of school-age students, there is scant evidence on the gender typicality of their occupational aspirations relative to those of their majority peers. This study investigates variations in the gender typicality of occupational aspirations among adolescents from immigrant and non-immigrant backgrounds at around age 16. It also explores how the gender typicality of different groups' aspired occupations relates to differences in gender ideologies, in educational aspirations, and in the importance attributed to three work values: the possibility to earn high income, to help others, and to think and solve problems. Drawing on a harmonized survey from England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden, the analysis uses a sample of 8,574 adolescents, including 1,510 girls and 1,336 boys from immigrant backgrounds. Multinomial logistic regressions estimated the associations with aspired occupations, classified as masculine, integrated, feminine or ultrafeminine based on the proportion of women working in them. Results indicate that boys and girls of immigrant origin aspired to somewhat less gender-typical occupations than their majority peers. Among girls, these differences would be even larger if they were not suppressed by the more traditional gender ideologies held by girls from immigrant backgrounds. In terms of mediating mechanisms, our findings suggest that more ambitious educational aspirations may partly explain these differences. These findings indicate that distinguishing between multiple dimensions of adolescents' work-related values hint at different underlying mechanisms in the formation of adolescents' occupational aspirations.

The Relationship between Parenting Style and Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Psychological Resilience

Adolescent’s mental health is a hot topic of research in the field of mental health, which is related to the healthy growth of adolescent individuals. There are many factors affecting adolescent’s mental health. The present study looks at two aspects of family parenting styles and psychological resilience to analyse the relationship between family parenting styles, psychological resilience and adolescent’s mental health. The purpose of this paper it to supplement the gaps in previous studies and provide a basis for improving the level of adolescent mental health. This paper is analysed through the method of literature review, and the conclusions of the study are as follows: parenting style is an important factor in the formation of adolescents’ high level of psychological resilience ability. Different parenting styles will have different impacts on adolescent mental health. Psychological resilience significantly affects adolescents’ mental health, and psychological resilience partially mediates the relationship between parenting styles and adolescents’ mental health.

FAMILY HEALTH – A KEY FACTOR IN THE FORMATION OF CHILD HEALTH

Family is a kind of social system, the basic cell of society and is defined as a group of people who have a biological relationship with each other or are related, live together, and have a common budget. Each family, according to its structure, members, and dominant sex, is different, but its function and purpose of existence are the same. Among family members there is moral responsibility, social and physical necessity, reproduction, and maintenance of biological continuity. Educational, business, and economic relationships are also strongly expressed. On one hand family health is influenced by various risk factors, and on the other by family members with risky behavior or personal health status. There are specialists who, during various medical or non-medical procedures, can diagnose specific health problems or deviations from health norms of behavior of a member or members of one family. It is the family physician who knows the bio-psycho-social problems and risk factors of given family and can act to prevent or treat imbalances. Impaired family health reflects directly or indirectly on the health of all family members. The negative influence is essential and could subsequently lead to deterioration or complete disintegration of family health. Family can be an etiological factor for some diseases, but it can also have a decisive role in prevention of diseases, in taking care of one’s own health, in combating chronic diseases and in early detection of others. Family and child health are closely interdependent. The family environment in which a child grows up and the parental example determine the future character of a person, and what its attitude in future professional tasks, in healthy way of life and the principles of help and mutual aid will be. That is why the role of parental example influences the formation of, even builds the image of a future own family and the role of present child in that future family. The importance of parental behavior in relation to adolescent disruptive/risk-taking behavior should not be underestimated. Particularly important is the emphasis on factors external to the family unit, such as neighborhood, school, peers, and the media. Socio-economic factors should not be neglected either, because low incomes have negative impact and most often are the cause of improper diet and unbalanced nutrition, while poor housing conditions determine either poor-formed health and hygiene habits or their total absence. Since family has a leading role in formation of adolescents, its participation in health promotion is strongly recommended. These recommendations for family-focused health promotion are based in part on findings from several lines of research, including family aggregation and studies of parental influence on health during childhood and adolescence.

PROGRAM “FORMING ADOLESCENTS’ VALUES FOR A MEANINGFUL LIFE IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION CONDITIONS”

The Program highlights the main principles of forming values of meaningful life in adolescents in the conditions of Ukraine’s European integration progress. It focuses on the issues assisting adolescents in solving existential problems related to searching for meaning in life. The key educational aspects in this direction (e. g., the formation of adolescents’ self-concept, the notion of the meaning of life, the definition of the purpose of life, life goals, life perspective, awareness of one’s own subjectivity, valuable attitude to life, awareness of life’s meaning of choice, formation of resilience, ability to plan one’s life and face life crisis) are considered. Forms and methods of forming values of meaningful life in adolescents are offered in the Program for each aspect mentioned. The Program is based on the following principles: recognizing a person as the highest value; the priority of value education of adolescents; assimilation of spiritual and moral, cultural heritage of humanity; subject-subject relations of a teacher with parents as well as a teacher with children in organizing extracurricular activities; formation of positive motivation in all participants of the educational process; formation of self-regulation mechanisms of the individual; stimulating the participants of the educational process to sustainable internalization of the values of meaningful life.The Program outlines promising ideas regarding forming values for a meaningful life of adolescents, taking into account the realities of life in Ukraine (expanding the field of life meanings and their successful integration, forming the ability to navigate appropriately in various life situations, make sense of one’s behavior, define and differentiate life goals, form models of positive behavior and life goals strategies in adverse life circumstances). The program is aimed at creating favorable conditions for life creation and self-realization of a growing personality. It is based on a person’s awareness of the need for well-rounded personal development; determination of near, medium and distant perspectives and goals that would determine their life activities and behavior, as well as spiritual and moral attitude towards society, nature, and themselves; awareness of one’s own uniqueness and one’s purpose in life; creative self-realization and constant self-enhancement. The program is designed for scholars, teachers, students of institutions of higher pedagogical education as well as for pedagogical workers of institutions of general secondary education. Keywords: values for a meaningful; adolescents; self-realization; forms and methods of educational work; I-concepts of a personality.

Can Expression and Formation of Adolescents' National Identity be Predetermined by the Gender?

The article aims to identify whether the expression of senior adolescents’ national identity at the cognitive, emotional and connotative levels, as well as its formation, is dependent on gender. Seeking to reveal the possible influence of gender on the national identity, the significance of the contemporary social gender theory, when gender depends on the subjective choice of an individual, as well as the relevance of theories that do not question biological, psychological, and social gender differences, are highlighted. The data obtained during the conducted research allow stating that the expression of the national identity of adolescents differs between the genders at the cognitive, emotional, and connotative levels, and the factors that contribute to building up of the national identity to a large extent do not differ from one gender to the other.

The Influence of Physical Exercise on Adolescent Personality Traits: The Mediating Role of Peer Relationship and the Moderating Role of Parent-Child Relationship.

Adolescence is the critical period of the formation for individual personality traits, which would be influenced by numerous factors such as the internal and external environment. In view of physical exercise as an important factor affecting the healthy development of adolescents, whether it would play an important role in the formation of adolescents’ personality traits and how it would work deserve further investigation. Based on the Ecological Systems Theory, this study has explored the relationship between physical exercise and adolescents’ personality traits, as well as the mediating effect of peer relationship and the moderating effect of parent–child relationship using 9,284 data samples. The regression results show that physical exercise has a significant positive impact on the development of personality traits such as neuroticism, conscientiousness, and agreeableness. Peer relationships exert the mediating effect between physical exercise and adolescents’ personality traits. However, parent–child relationship only moderates the effect of physical exercise on conscientiousness and agreeableness.

The Influence of Family Upbringing on the Formation of Self-Esteem of Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities

The influence of family upbringing, in particular in particular family archetypes, has an impact on the formation of personality, especially during puberty, affecting various aspects of the mental life, health and behaviour of a teenager, including self-esteem, worldview, vision of one’s own “self-concept” in the world. Consequently, the main purpose of the study is to determine special features of the influence of family upbringing on the formation of adolescents with developmental disabilities. In the course of the study, the “KPQAA” method and Dembo-Rubinstein Method of Selfesteem Measurement were used. According to the results of research, it is determined that the leading archetypes of Animus (male aspect of education) are “Warrior”, “King”, which translate in education not only samples of masculinity (strength, honesty, justice, courage), but also a number of negative aspects, such as rudeness, moral pressure on family members, aggression (physical, verbal, indirect), etc. It is found that the embodiment of the female Anima occurs mainly through archetypal images of “Helen” and “Eve”, which indicates the high emotionality of the parenting process, submission as a model for children raised, honesty. It is confirmed that such female archetypes in the process of educating adolescents with developmental disabilities also translate instability of self-esteem, low self-esteem, rapid changes in desires, interests, a tendency to immorality (deception, flattery, betrayal), etc. It is established that the studied adolescents are mainly characterised by inadequately inflated and underestimated indicators of self-esteem, which is a consequence of the influence of leading archetypal images of upbringing in families. The article describes the influence of the style of family upbringing, interaction of parents with children with developmental disabilities on the formation of personality in general and such components as emotional, behavioural, motivational spheres, “self-concept”, “self-image”, self-esteem, worldview and interaction with modern society. The practical value of scientific work lies in the possibility of further development of effective psychological support for adolescents with developmental disabilities who have problems with the formation of self-esteem

ВЗАИМОСВЯЗЬ ДИНАМИКИ ЛИЧНОСТНОГО РОСТА И СФОРМИРОВАННОСТИ ЛИЧНОСТНЫХ КОПИНГ-РЕСУРСОВ ПОДРОСТКОВ

The problem of value orientations’ formation of teenagers in the context of a general educational organization is actualized. The review on the views of researchers on the concepts of “personal growth”, “coping”, “coping resources” is presented. The idea of close connection between personal growth and personal coping resources is substantiated. The current situation of the problem of personal growth of teenagers in modern general education organization is revealed. The assessment of the formation of adolescents' personal coping resources is made by studying the dynamics of the indicators of the teenagers’ value attitudes to family, themselves, and a human being in general. The author uses the diagnostic methodology of I.V. Kuleshova, P.V. Stepanov, and D.V. Grigoriev. The results of the study of the personal growth of students in grades 5–11 are presented. The possible reasons influencing the personal growth of a student are identified and described. The author concludes that the formation of the value attitude of teenagers to the world around them and to themselves is directly related to the development of personal coping resources, which, in turn, affect personal growth.

Empowerment of youth care about reproductive health in the covid-19 pandemic era

Adolescence is a transition period of human life. Various problems were experienced at that time, especially regarding reproductive health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, youth groups and posyandu activities were stopped. There were many activities previously made by the youth, including joint sports, joint dawn, and Friday night recitations. This shows that there are no activities related to reproductive health. Therefore, the purpose of this community service is to form youth care about reproductive health. The service activities are carried out through 6 stages, starting with discussions with partners about the importance of youth activities in the Covid-19 pandemic, and continued by forming a youth care team. The community service provided knowledge about adolescent reproductive health, socialization of 3 BKKBN modules, training in making handbooks, and the election of ambassadors for adolescent reproductive health. The results are the formation of adolescents who care about reproductive health, increased knowledge, and reproductive health handbooks.

Psychological Conditions for Correction and Optimization of Personal Development of Adolescents with Depressive Disorders

The article presents a theoretical generalization and a new solution to a scientific problem, expressed in the application of an innovative personal approach to solving the problem of adolescent depressive disorders, the basis of which is the scientific and methodological interpretation of personal development as a defining construct of the system of psychological conditions for the onset of depressive disorders, models of their diagnosis and psychological conditions for overcoming , which ensures the formation of adolescents' ability to effective personal self-regulation and an arbitrary choice of constructive ways of self-realization. The methodological foundations of the study of the personal properties of adolescents with depressive disorders are disclosed, a program for the diagnosis of personal symptoms of depressive disorders of various forms of severity in adolescent schoolchildren is presented; carried out a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the results of the ascertaining experiment on the psychological conditions of the onset of depressive disorders in adolescent schoolchildren and the personality traits of adolescents with depressive disorders; the description of personal phenomenology and symptomatology of depressive disorders in adolescents has been carried out. Theoretical substantiation of the formative experiment is given, the program of correction and optimization of personal development of teenagers as a means of overcoming their depressive disorders is presented, the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the results of its approbation is carried out. A profound restructuring of the structure and qualitative characteristics of the psychological conditions of the personal development of adolescents, their system of personal self-regulation, optimizes the functioning of the mechanism of personal sensitivity - "Ego" -tolerance to destructive influences, is, as the results of the application of the experimental correctional and developmental program, an effective way to overcome depression in adolescents’ disorders.

INDICATORS AND CRITERIA OF THE PROBLEM OF INVOLVING ADOLESCENTS IN COMMERCIAL SEX

The urgency of studying the problem of involving teenagers in commercial sex is substantiated in the work. The purpose of the article is to define and characterize the indicators and criteria of the problem of attracting adolescents to commercial sex. The research methods used involve the use of general scientific and empirical techniques of socio-pedagogical and social science, based on a systematic approach. In addition, general research methods such as generalization and comparison were used in the process. The concept of «commercial sex» is considered. Socio-psychological criteria and indicators by which a child can be involved in commercial sex are described. The concept of commercial sexual exploitation of children and its forms are defined. The structure of types of sexual services provided by adolescents involved in commercial sex in Ukraine is described. It is stated that the use of minors in the form of commercial sexual exploitation is an aspect of sexual exploitation of minors. The sex industry is considered as a sphere of human activity, which includes the production of goods and services of a sexual nature. A set of pedagogical conditions has been identified that will provide counteraction to prevent the involvement of minors in commercial sex. It is noted that the prospect of further research is to develop ways to implement certain pedagogical conditions and the creation, testing, experimental testing of the effectiveness of technologies for the formation of adolescents’ readiness to counteract involvement in commercial sex. It is determined that the involvement of children in commercial sexual exploitation is a consequence of the general socio-cultural situation in the modern world due to the rejection of traditional human values from man, man from culture, etc., and specific socio-economic, psychological, socio-pedagogical, normative legal reasons that are inherent in Ukrainian society.

ADOLESCENTS' PREFERENCES FOR MEDIA CONTENT AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF DOMINANT VALUE ORIENTATIONS IN THE MEDIA

Today, the media represent one of the main factors in the upbringing and education of adolescents due to the growing representation, availability of diverse content and more frequent use. In adolescence, the media have a special significance, because they greatly influence the preferences, attitudes, emotions, behavior, value orientations and the formation of adolescents' identities. Starting from such an attitude, the preferences of upper-secondary school students for monitoring media content and their perceptions of value orientations that are promoted through the media were examined through the aim of the research. The media habits of adolescents and their perceptions of the value system in the media were determined through the survey technique. The study included 433 students from the Republic of Serbia. The results showed that there are significant differences in the preferences of adolescents in the choice of media content in relation to gender and type of school. A positive correlation was found in the monitoring of certain television content and values in the media, as well as in relation to musical affinities and values that are promoted through music videos. The results of research point out potential proposals for improving the media culture of adolescents and reducing the negative effects of the media. It is recognized as a potential solution in the development of media literacy of adolescents, i.e., the affirmation of their critical opinion about the messages and values that are promoted through the media. Keywords: media literacy, media values, students' media preferences, students' perception, value orientations

Juventude ativa: protagonismo juvenil em prática na educação não formal

ABSTRACT: Non-formal education enables learning for citizenship formation, so that individuals understand their political rights and act with a view to changing the status quo in their community. Amid this scenario, youth protagonism is specifically about young people who appropriate their rights and use them to change society. The objective of this research was to understand the educational practices aimed at youth protagonism in a non-formal educational institution. It is characterized as an ethnographic research carried out at Coletivo Mulher Vida (CMV), a non-governmental institution located in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil, through participant observation in the formative process called Culture of Peace, with adolescents aged 12 to 15 years old, and “Rede Mobilizacao Jovem de Olinda” (RMJO) with the presence of young people aged 15 to 20 years old. In addition, a document analysis was carried out on documents provided by the institution. The procedures were developed with ethical care through an institutional consent term. It was obtained as results that young people are considered as part of the solutions of the social problems, since in the institution there is the formation of adolescents and young people to act in the communities, besides the plenary sessions for the youth mobilization, which are thought, discussed and placed in practice by them, who demonstrate self-confidence, building knowledge through the exchange of experiences. This occurs through active listening and without punitive or inhibitory attitudes. It was identified that the institution's vision for youth protagonism starts from an incentive to autonomy based on the development of being for society, with the empowerment content about its own existence and the social context in which it is inserted. This study has its relevance because it is a concrete experience that allows reflection for professionals in the areas of education and humanities. Likewise, suitable as an example and basis for formal and non-formal educational institutions. KEYWORDS: social participation, citizen education, youth autonomy.