SOCIALIZATION FEATURES OF ADOLESCENTS PREDISPOSED TO DEPRESSIVE STATES

Abstract

The article address on the analysis and study of the relationship between socialization and depression in adolescence. The article presents the theoretical and practical parts of the research work. The first part considers theoretical approaches to the problem of adolescents’ socialization. The relationship between the problem of socialization and the depressed mood of adolescents is described. The practical part of the paper describes an empirical study of the relationship between adolescent depression and socialization. To provide information on these phenomena we had chosen a questionnaire "Depriscope" specially created for depression measurement, the method of Q - sorting according to V. Stephenson, to assess the social situation and the Taylor Anxiety Rating Scale. In the sample studied there were involved students of the 8th, 9th and 10th grades who participated in the research for several years, that allows to compare the correspondence with the previous results and identify in the development of the level depressive moods. It shows the understanding of the depression impact on adolescent social relationships, peer behaviour, self-esteem and self-perception. It determines the impact of communication on the negative states development and predicts possible consequences on the adolescent personality.

Keywords

• adolescence
• depression
• socialization
• anxiety
• crisis
• depressed mood