PSYCHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES OF THE SPATIAL IDENTITY OF MODERN STUDENT YOUTH

Abstract

The problem of the spatial identity of modern youth is analyzed in the article. The results of empirical research of psychological peculiarities of spatial identity and place attachment of Chernihiv student youth are presented. It turned out that the Chernihiv students’ spatial identity structure is dominated by such forms as global, national and local. The European identity, as well as the post-Soviet, is significantly inferior to the above-mentioned variants. The most expressed form of the students’ place attachment is the emotional connection with the "Little Motherland". There were no significant gender differences in the manifestations of spatial identity and place attachment. These phenomena almost do not correlate with the factors of the "Big Five", there are only isolated links. It is shown that, being connected, spatial identity and place attachment are not dentical phenomena.