Psychology of Social Development

The article deals with the results of the theoretical and empirical study of the problem of parent-child relations in families raising children with disabilities. Main trends in the development of parent-child relations in a family where child has psychophysical development disorders were determined based on the qualitative analysis of the data available in scientific literature. The empirical study of parent-child relations in families raising mentally challenged children was carried out to confirm theoretical conclusions of the study issue.

and psychological adjustment and stress the individual pupils of the senior classes of secondary schools in 2015, 2013 and 2011. The basic modern approaches to the understanding of social and – psychological adaptation of personality and phenomena associated with it. The application of the methodology «Social-psychological adaptation» by C. Rogers and R. Diamond, the Mini-Mult checklist (MMPI), the methods of the comparable analysis allowed to find the peculiarities of the adaptational potential of the personality of the senior pupils in the changing conditions of society.

The results of the empirical research of coping strategies carried out on a selection of modern young people (n = 220; 19–30 years old) are presented. Appliance of questionnaires such as «Adaptive strategies of behaviours» by N. N. Melnikova, «Detector of coping strategies» by D. Amirkhan, «Scales of coping strategies» R. Lazarus, «Motivation to succeed» and «Failure avoidance motivation» by T. Ehlers, multiplefactor personality questionnaire by R. Cattell, J.

The paper presents the results of a theoretical and empirical study of moral orientations and subjective well-being, conducted on a sample of young Russians and Armenians using the following psychodiagnostic tools: the scale of subjective well-being (M. V. Sokolova); the technique for measuring the level of social frustratedness (L. I. Vasserman); the technique for diagnosing moral orientations (I. S. Slavinskaya, A. D. Nasledov, M. Y. Dvoretskaya).

The role of the moral qualities of the person in professional work was analyzed in the article. A comparative study of moral self-determination of the future specialists (students of the last courses) in advertising, psychology, economics and management was fulfilled (n = 145). The method «Personal moral self-determination» and the author’s method for evaluation of psychological indicators of advertisement effectiveness were used. The most positive moral position is typical for psychologists, and the most negative – for economists.

The purpose of this article is to analyse overcoming behaviour models in terms of the military socialization of cadet personality. The data show the dynamics of behaviour strategies throughout the entire period of training in military high school. It has been discovered that the third year cadets are exposed to use overcoming behaviour strategies against common crisis conditions, which is expressed in reducing the importance of active and prosocial strategies and strengthening of passive and aggressive ones.

In article theoretically and empirically testify that job insecurity plays an important role in professional development of the personnel, making destructive impact on workers, shoving in dynamic of burnout. Measuring instruments: «Oldenburg Burnout Inventory» (E. Demerouti et al., version in Russian language A. Smirnova, 2015), «the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale» (W. Schaufeli, A. Bakker, 2003); «the Job Insecurity Scale» (De Witte 2000, 2012, version in Russian language A. Smirnova, 2015), «Job Insecurity Scale» (J. Hellgren et аl., 1999, version in Russian language A. Smirnova, 2015).

The author of the article carries out an exploration for the relations of environment conditions as outsubject resources that influence the choice of the subjects of the professional sphere and the subsequent success of their implementation in the profession and in the family. The data of the article are presented by the samples of public servants (126 pers.) and managers of commercial companies (148 pers.) collected by the author’s methodology «Questionnaire “Lifestyle”».

The paper presents the results of a theoretical and empirical study of adaptive readiness of elementary and high school students. The longitudinal study included students (N = 94) and class teachers (N = 3). The use of a combination of psycho-pedagogical techniques, a questionnaire designed by the author to study adaptive readiness based on five criteria, and the chart of monitoring students’ adaptiveness and effectiveness of their learning activities (designed by E. S. Eskina, T. L.

Substantially analyzed the social and psychological risks of professional self-determination of senior pupils. The results of empirical research carried out on a sample of students of classes 9 and 11 secondary school № 41, Saratov (N = 65). The methods used: questionnaire «Orientation» (V. E. Sigacheva, M. N. Rossohach); method for determination of the main motives of choice of profession (E. M. Pavlyutenkova); questionnaire «The motives of choice of profession» (R. V. Ovcharova); questionnaire «Types imposed on the choice of profession» (A. A. Kibireva).