Psychological characteristics of interaction orientations of informal adolescents

Abstract

The number of informal groups in which teenagers spend time, learn social norms and rules, and expand their horizons is increasing. Being in such groups, they realize the need for intimate and personal communication, which at this age acquires special importance for personal development. Considering the fact that each activity has a certain determining influence, it can be predicted that the interaction of young people in informal associations largely depends on previous ideas about this interaction, and also depends on a certain set of personal qualities that affect the future process of interaction. In view of this, we believe that the study of such ideas and personal traits, which determine the orientation of adolescents towards interaction, makes it possible to clarify the mechanisms of interaction between them, to more thoroughly illuminate the socio-psychological determinants of their entry into informal groups.