Background: Personal characteristics of troubled adolescents are affected by psychological deprivation, which contributes to the manifestation of deviant and delinquent behavior in individuals. Aim: This study comprehensively examines structural units of self-consciousness, higher mental functions, and the emotional sphere of troubled adolescents…

The article discusses the main results of a survey that was conducted in 2016 by specialists in the Sociological Research Department of the St. Petersburg Publicly Funded Institution "Kontakt" City Center for Social Programs and the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency. The study surveyed teenagers and young adults who participated in the…

The article points at the importance of studying the human factor as a cause of accidents of drivers, especially in loosely structured traffic situations. The description of the experiment on the measurement of driver's accidental abilities is given. Under accidental ability is meant the capability to ensure the security of driving as a behavior…

The importance of the studied problem is determined by the fact that the influence of the deviant environment on society, the spread of its morality, a psychological "exposure" of a less stable part of the population, that is teenagers and young adults, all this is--a reality of the contemporary social situation. The study of problems…

The article sketches the main theoretical approaches that account for the phenomenon of youth extremism. It compares the theoretical description of the causes of extremism to the opinions of specialists in its prevention in the educational environment. It explores the limited nature of perceptions that a leading role is played by ideology in the…

The article deals with the development of inclusive, special and integrated education in regions of the Russian Federation which is connected with socio-cultural changes in modern education. The author underlines the need for continuous improvement of education system and education of children with different development level. The expansion of…

Russian society finds itself in a state of dynamic transformation. It is developing intensively and becoming more complex in its structure against the background of an increasing diversity of cultures and forms of interaction among people, along with economic differentiation, national and religious differences, and so on. These factors give rise…

Presents results from a study that examined the characteristics of young people in Russia related to their self-determination and socialization. Uses data from a questionnaire survey of college and university students, school students, military school trainees, white-collar workers, and others from the ages of sixteen to twenty-three (84.7 percent…