DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.106.026.202201.163-179
Trajectories of the Growing-Up in the Psychological Autobiography of Adolescent Secondary School Learners
Natalya N. Koroleva
Head of the Chair of Psychology of Professional Activity, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (48 Moika River Embankment, St. Petersburg 191186, Russian Federation), Dr.Sci. (Psychol.), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4399-6330, Scopus ID: 56661930800, Researcher ID: D-9910-2017, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Irina M. Bogdanovskaya
Associate Professor of the Chair of Psychology of Professional Activity, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (48 Moika River Embankment, St. Petersburg 191186, Russian Federation), Cand.Sci. (Psychol.), Associate Professor, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7303-615X, Scopus ID: 57192820293, Researcher ID: D-8804-2017, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Anna B. Uglova
Associate Professor of the Chair of Psychology of Professional Activity, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (48 Moika River Embankment, St. Petersburg 191186, Russian Federation), Cand.Sci. (Psychol.), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8072-0539, Scopus ID: 57214242796, Researcher ID: E-4061-2017, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract
Introduction. Currently, the key tasks of education are associated with successful socialization, the development of the personal maturity of the younger generation. At the same time, the socio-cultural transformations of modernity lead to a change in the ways and models of growing-up of schoolchildren. Despite the considerable interest of researchers in this problem, there are practically no works revealing the variable nature of the ways of growing-up of modern adolescents, reflected through their autobiographical ideas about the future. The purpose of the study is to identify the main structural and substantive characteristics of the trajectories of growing-up, reflected in the psychological autobiography of modern schoolchildren, and to determine their gender specificity.
Materials and Methods. To look into the problem, an empirical study was conducted, in which 1 031 people took part – teenagers aged 12 to 17 years. Empirical data was collected by means of a modified version of the method “Psychological Autobiography” by E. Y. Korzhova. Mathematical and statistical analysis of the results was carried out by means of a one-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation analysis using the Pearson linear correlation coefficient.
Results. In general, the subjective time perspective of adolescents is characterized by a large time span, positive emotional coloring. Based on the results of correlation analysis, the main trajectories of growing-up of modern adolescents are determined. The gender specificity in the structural organization and the content of ideas about the future is revealed. For young men, the trajectories of growing-up associated with independence, a variety of impressions, material success, social recognition, creativity, entertainment, and the development of their inner world are more characteristic. Girls are focused on satisfaction with the process of life, communication, integration of spheres of life.
Discussion and Conclusion. The conclusions made by the authors contribute to the development of modern scientific ideas about the variable and nonlinear character of building a life perspective in the younger generation. The results of the study can be used to build programs of psychological and pedagogical support of the processes of growing up and socialization in the conditions of modern society.
Keywords: trajectories of growing up, psychological autobiography, image of the future, time perspective, teenager
Funding: The research was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation as part of a state task (project No. FSZN-2020-0027).
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
For citation: Koroleva N.N., Bogdanovskaya I.M., Uglova A.B. Trajectories of the Growing-Up in the Psychological Autobiography of Adolescent Secondary School Learners. Integratsiya obrazovaniya = Integration of Education. 2022; 26(1):163-179. doi: https://doi.org/10.15507/1991-9468.106.026.202201.163-179
All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Submitted 14.10.2021; approved after reviewing 28.12.2021;
accepted for publication 10.01.2022.
N. N. Koroleva – statement of the problem; critical analysis of the literature.
I. M. Bogdanovskaya – statistical analysis of data; discussion of results; formation of conclusions of the study.
A. B. Uglova – tabular and graphical representation of data; description of results.p>
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