Adaptive tendencies of behavioral activity of South Ossetian youth

Khabaeva Larisa Muratovna, Gioia Elena Petrovna, Abaeva Inna Vladimirovna, Gazzayeva Natalia Mikhailovna

The article presents the results of a study of the features of socio-psychological adaptation of the youth of South Ossetia (after the war in 2008 with Georgia) with various types of behavioral activity. The research participants are students of the South Ossetian State University. A.A. Tibilov Tskhinval Republic of South Ossetia at the age of 17-24 years. With the use of methods for the diagnosis of personal adaptive potential (A.G. Maklakov, S.V. Chermyanin), the type of behavioral activity (L.I.Wasserman, N. In. Gumenyuk), the level of subjective control (G. Rotter), motivations of achievement and avoidance of failures (T. Ehlers), life orientations (D.A. Leontiev), subjective satisfaction with life (E. Diner's method) it was confirmed the assumption that the type of behavioral activity is related to adaptive abilities and adaptive tendencies of young people. Factor analysis of empirical data revealed the dominance of active self-realization strategies in the system of social adaptation of South Ossetian youth. The study will contribute to the further development of the theory of socio-psychological adaptation in the problem of the socialization of young people in complex post-war conditions of social development.

Keywords:socio-psychological adaptation; type of behavioral activity; adaptive tendencies; self-realization