Moral self-determination of the individual as a resource in the prevention of socially dangerous behavior of student youth
Introduction. The article highlights the importance of moral self-determination in the light of national youth policy. The normative documents that regulate the issues of education, socialization and prevention of socially dangerous behavior of young people are noted. Moral self-determination is considered as one of the most important characteristics of socialization, its essence lies in the fact that the individual is able to make his own moral choice, without violating the norms of morality and human existence. Purpose of this article: theoretical justification and empirical research of moral self-determination of the individual and propensity to socially dangerous behavior on a sample of student youth studying at a University. Materials and methods. The materials of the research were normative legal documents and scientific papers which considered the issues of moral self-determination and propensity to socially dangerous behavior. Theoretical and empirical research methods were used. Psychodiagnostic tools were used: the methodology “Moral self-determination of the individual” (A. E. Vorobyova, A. B. Kupreichenko), test of PDB - propensity to deviant behavior (E. V. Leus). Research result. The article presents the results of an empirical study aimed at studying the level of moral self-determination, the degree of expression of its individual aspects: moral concepts, moral orientations, moral strategies and propensity to socially dangerous behavior, undertaken on a sample of students (N = 130). The inverse statistically significant relationship between moral self-determination and the tendency to deviant behavior is revealed. Conclusion. The following conditions that contribute to the positive moral self-determination of students are formulated: involvement of students in the volunteer movement, design and research activities; familiarization with moral values; stimulation of the development of professional competencies, socially significant personal qualities, communicative properties, creating conditions for self-realization in the educational process.