SOCIAL ADAPTATION OF THE FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS AT A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION
The features of social adaptation of first-year students at the technical higher education institutions are analyzed in the article. Materials from an empirical study, which characterize the investigating of the educational, psychological and leisure aspects of the adaptation period are presented. The effective subjective and objective factors of the adaptation period are determined. The motivation of the students' professional choice as one of the positive adaptation conditions is focused on. Some negative educational and social adaptation aspects are found out.