Cross-cultural differences of communicative difficulties of Russian and German adolescents
The article presents the results of a cross-cultural study of the communicative difficulties of adolescents living in the cities of the federal state of Hesse (West Germany) and in Russia (the City of Kostroma). The general age-related communication difficulties characteristic of the adolescent stage of ontogenesis were revealed; as well as cross-cultural differences in the communicative difficulties of Russian and German adolescents aged 14-16 years (n = 240; M = 15.2). Given the context of the situations of communication, respondents described the difficulties encountered in the process of communication with adults and peers. We present the dominant methods and resources to overcome the communicative difficulties of adolescents living in different socio-cultural conditions.