DEVELOPMENT OF CRITERIA BASE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION OF PERSONALITY
Issues relating to the performance criteria of the adaptation process, has long been discussed in psychology. However, in our opinion, they are still far from being resolved. In this paper, we aim to analyze the existing scientific understanding of the criteria for the quality of socio-psychological adaptation and formulate their approach to solving this problem. We have analyzed the positions of different authors, the majority of which offer two criteria – appearance (the success of the operation in the social environment) and internal (subjective well-being, emotional comfort). The analysis allowed us to offer the author’s version of the third criterion, which acts as self-determination of the individual in relation to a given environment, including its ability to create an optimistic, realistic and differentiated, aimed at a certain point in life perspective, high level of self-acceptance and acceptance of others.