PERSONAL MATURITY OF YOUTH THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

Abstract

The article clarifies the peculiarities of the manifestation of personal maturity of young people. The indicators of personal maturity (depth of experience, responsibility and decentration), which are most relevant and important during the Russian-Ukrainian war, are analyzed. Coping strategies (knowledge, faith, and imagination) that young people rely on most often have been identified. Interrelationships between indicators of personal maturity, personal traits and coping strategies have been established. So, the more responsible a person is, the more important are contacts, imagination and manifestation of neuroticism. At the same time, openness to new experiences, flexibility and imagination allow young people to look at things and phenomena from different angles, and therefore to expand the boundaries of understanding, to get out of the “comfort zone” into the “zone of growth and development”, which gives understanding and acceptance of otherness in others and myself. Age-specific features in the manifestation of personal maturity have also been established. Thus, autonomy and responsibility increase with age.