PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF MENTAL ORIENTATIONS OF MODERN YOUTH IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE ANOMY OF UKRAINIAN SOCIETY

Abstract

The article presents the results of theoretical analysis and empirical research of the emotional life orientations of modern youth. The theoretical and methodological approaches to the interpretation of the category “meaning of life” in the context of foreign and domestic studies are analyzed. It is substantiated that the empirical psychological indicator of the study of the meaning of personal life is expressed in the sense of life orientations, which are represented as the attitude of the individual to his own psychological past, present and future. The results of the empirical study of psychological peculiarities of the life-long orientations of different status groups of modern youth are presented.