PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF INTERGROUP ADAPTATION OF ORPHANAGE GRADUATES IN A PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION: MODEL AND TECHNIQUE OF STUDYING
The authors carry out the theoretical analysis of the problems of professional education, adaptation of the orphanage graduates in the educational environment; as well as psychological mechanisms of intergroup adaptation of this category of youngsters. The model of studying the psychological mechanisms of intergroup adaptation is created: 1) intergroup non-adaptability, 2) organizational identification, 3) joint activity. The scheme of empirical research, criteria, measurement techniques, algorithm of processing the received results including the algebra of the events are proved. The results can be used for studying the orphans'' social and psychological adaptation, their post-orphanage maintenance.