CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE PERCEPTION OF THE EXPERIENCE OF OVERCOMING DIFFICULT LIFE SITUATIONS BY YOUTH OF SOUTH OSSETIA LIVING IN POST-WAR POST-CONFLICT SOCIETY
Aim: the research presented in this paper is devoted to the problem of perception of the experience of overcoming difficult life situations by the youth of South Ossetia and its impact on coping behavior. Its purpose was to identify links between the peculiarities of perception of difficult life situations described by young people in the essay and cognitive-personal mechanisms of overcoming difficulties. Methods : Content analysis of essays of South Ossetian youth was applied. The study involved 110 respondents aged 17-23 years (pupils and students of educational institutions of Tskhinvali RSO). Results: The hypotheses about the connection of young people’s ideas about difficult life situations, with overcoming the problems of age and personal development, with solving family and everyday issues, with the tragic events of the 2008 war, as well as with filling individual and social meaning, colored by ethical traditional features of relationships in the family and society are confirmed. Conclusions : It is shown that the mechanisms of transferring the experience of overcoming the older generation to the younger one contribute to their personal development and the formation of personal strategies for taking responsibility for overcoming a difficult life situation.