Diagnostic methods of socio-psychological infantilism in the psychological work in social sphere
The article defines the phenomenon "socio-psychological infantilism" and shows the importance of this problem for psychologists, who work in social sphere. The article describes basic approaches to the psychological diagnostics of socio-psychological infantilism. It contains short characteristic of existing questionnaire and projective diagnostic methods of infantilism and personal maturity, describes their capabilities and limitations, presents the basis for the development of author's diagnostic method of socio-psychological infantilism. The presented results can be used in the practice of psychological counselling of clients who are in difficult living situations of "subjective" type. The publication was prepared as part of the scientific project No. 16-06-50031, supported by «The Russian Foundation for Humanitarian Research».