Socio-Psychological Ideas about Family and Parenthood in Modern Youth

摘要

The analysis of psychological literature leads to the understanding that the content of the concept of "family", depending on a certain historical, cultural, regulatory context, is currently being revised. Recent studies have demonstrated a number of negative trends in the development of the institute of modern family: a significant increase in the number of divorces and single-parent families; orientation of modern youth to childless / few children marriage, etc. The aim of the study was to study the socio-psychological concepts of family and parenthood among students. During the research the following methods were used: a focus group, author's technique "A Drawing of the Future", a questionnaire. Analysis of the results of the study showed that all boys and girls notice changes that take place in the society in relation to gender roles and qualities of men and women: the erasure of the psychological characteristics between them, the trend to breakaway traditional models of marriage and family relations in role behaviour of women and men, the attempt to build an egalitarian relationship in young families. Young people feel their differences as men and women from older generations. However, a significant proportion of young men and women living in the province tend more to the traditional model of family life.