SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT ADOLESCENT WITH OVERDUCE BODY MASS
In modern society, there is a noticeable increase in the population with overweight and not only among adults, but also adolescents and even children. Consequently, it is necessary to consider not only the medical aspect of this problem, but also the socio-psychological one. This study examines overweight adolescents, their socio-psychological characteristics, with the aim of developing remedial programs for social adaptation, the use of effective coping behavior and psychological defenses. The paper searches for differences between overweight adolescents and the norm according to the following characteristics: communicative social competence, perceptual-interactive competence, communicative attitudes, interactive orientation. It is revealed that overweight adolescents depend on the opinions of others, tend to trust him, rely less on themselves; adolescents with a normal body mass index are more careless and cheerful. Significant differences were identified in terms of «mutual influence», «perceptual-interactive competence», «grumbling», «grounded negativism». All adolescents expressed such an interactive orientation as cooperation, and the orientation towards personal interests and marginal orientation are expressed at a low level. Teenagers with normal weight are more critical in choosing a communication partner, are more suspicious and less likely to trust casual interlocutors. Overweight adolescents are characterized by higher rates of desire to influence others, daydreaming, they are more competent in the field of perception and interaction, and also less often show such negative communicative attitudes as valid negativity and grumbling. In adolescents of both samples, predominance of such qualities as openness, sensitivity and intelligence were revealed, they are characterized by relative emotional stability, low tendency to antisocial behavior.