Images of youth in a picture of the world of people of different age
The article analyzes the results of a study of the content and structure of representations of people of different ages about the psychological characteristics of youth. It is shown that in the worldview of people, regardless of their age, ideas about individual personal qualities and behavioral characteristics of youth are present in the form of integral structures - images of youth. It is established that the image of young people, aspiring to the future and experiencing the need for self-fulfillment, is central to the picture of the world of research participants, regardless of their age. Other images of the youth present in the picture of the participants in the study are described, testifying both to their emotional and intellectual immaturity, and to personal and social maturity.