Features of social psychological adaptation of the generation of the nineties (”Z-generation”)
The article presents the results of a study of the characteristics of the social psychological adaptation of students of the generation of the 90s of the twentieth century. The theoretical review analyzes the phenomenon of adaptation from the point of view of an interdisciplinary approach: the social aspect is presented based on the materials of A.V. Mudrik, G.P. Medvedev; psychoanalytic concept considered in the context of the theories of Z. Freud, A. Adler, G. Hartmann; to characterize the characteristics of the development of personal potential, the theory of G.A. Maklakov was used. The tendency of reducing the level of adaptation abilities in the social interaction of students of the generation of the 90s is considered. The features and factors of formation of the content components of social psychological adaptation are studied. The aspects of the successful solution of quasi-social tasks by students are considered. A comparative analysis of indicators of the level of social psychological adaptation of students of the generation of the 80s and 90s was made. Adaptation components are described: cognitive, conative, emotional. The social conditions of the formation of the principle of student search strategies are considered. The interrelation of cognitive strategy in the analysis of educational information by students of different generations is investigated and the differences of their results are shown. A description of the experiment, the purpose of which was to study in detail the strategies and characteristics of the social psychological adaptation of students of different generations to determine the causes of changes in its performance in the dynamics of rapid social transformations. The success indicators of social psychological adaptation of the students of the "Z-generation" and the results of the experiment aimed at correcting the level of adaptation are given; the reasons for its decline were identified. It was concluded that the share of rational strategies is increasing when students of the initial "Z-generation" courses solve the quasisocial tasks as a result of applying the author's method of correcting the content components of the social psychological adaptation (constructive type).