Psychological Features of Gender Independence of Adolescents in the Conditions of Social Transformations (original) (raw)

The article reveals the psychological features of gender independence of teenagers in the conditions of social transformations. It is noted that the gender independence of a teenager is a complex psychological formation that is decisive in the formation of a growing personality, in the context of which it has a significant impact on its self-determination, self-realization and selfaffirmation in the socio-cultural space, on the development of sexual selfawareness and the formation of the image of "I". The formation of gender independence occurs most intensively in adolescence, which is sensitive to the development of self-awareness, characterized by such a specific neoplasm as a sense of adulthood, determined by the intensive formation of moral beliefs and principles, the need for self-assertion, manifestations of active interest in one's own inner world, restructuring of one's attitude towards oneself yourself and others. Girls declare the need to preserve and improve the well-being of loved ones, point to the importance of personal success and social status, but these values are hardly manifested in real behavior. The values of conformity and kindness, which they consider sufficiently significant, do not find proper expression in the actual behavior of boys. Conversely, the value "stimulation" is not very important from the point of view of normative ideals of boys, but in their behavior it occupies a significantly more significant place. The structure of normative values of teenagers is similar for girls and boys and is determined by the preference of the values of safety, harmony and stability of Журнал «Перспективи та інновації науки» (Серія «Педагогіка», Серія «Психологія», Серія «Медицина») № 14(32) 2023 577 relations, harmony and stability of relations, personal success and as a consequencesocial approval, values of friendship, love, responsibility. And the value structure of boys and girls, in accordance with the desire for independent behavior, at the level of individual priorities, is somewhat similar.