THE SATIETY OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE MEGAPOLIS AS SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENON: RESULTS OF THE EMPIRICAL STUDY
The article is devoted to the development of a new phenomenon in the field of social psychology of the city - satiety with living conditions in a metropolis. The data of the empirical research conducted on a group of young Muscovites. Study involved 87 people aged 18-30. The research program included a set of methods and methodological manipulations: focus group method, questionnaire, scaling, associative test, author's questionnaires. The aim of the study was to identify and analyze the expression of the satiety of young Muscovites living conditions in the megalopolis, depending on the sources of experience of this state. It is shown that satiety as a condition of the human psyche perform the function of a protective mechanism from an overabundance of a flow of various stimuli from the surrounding world. The satiety with living conditions in the megalopolis is a complex condition that is caused by a variety of phenomena of social life in the urban environment: excessive communication, an abundance of information, overpopulation, forced informatization of the urban environment, high rate of life, etc. It was found that satiety with living conditions in a metropolis has different forms of expression. It's about different forms of satiety in the form of emotional experiences or behavioral reactions. For example, communicative and hedonic forms of satiety are highlighted. It is found that the described forms of satiety have both common sources (high rate of life, monotony of the rhythm of life, etc.), and partial (opportunities for free pastime, an abundance of goods, services, etc.). The article outlines the perspectives for further research of the phenomenon of satiety in living conditions in a megacity in the direction of studying types, as well as factors and mechanisms of satiety.