Interpersonal conflicts in the representations of teenagers with deviant behavior
The article presents the results of theoretical and empirical research on the representations of teenagers with deviant behavior on phenomenon of conflict. The study covers the term, structure, dynamics of conflicts, proves the significance of the image of conflict, participants' ideas of it helping to perform the conflict interaction, peculiarities of the conflict situation progress and solving. The research points out the specific features of interpersonal conflicts between teenagers, their destructive and constructive functions, importance of constructive flow of a conflict for the development of teenager's personality, formation of interpersonal relationships, cooperative activities, etc. The author comes to the conclusion on fragmentary nature and lack of conciseness of the idea of a conflict in the teenagers.