THE STUDY OF SPECIAL ASPECTS OF ETHNIC MENTAL REGULATION OF FORMATION OF PROJECT OF LIFE AT A YOUNG AGE

The paper gives the results of the study of the youth ethnic mentality influence on the formation of the system of the project of life at a young age. The life model of the future is represented as the complex of values, purposes, views on the life orientation taking into account own gender characteristics. Gender as the factor of formation of projected future model is considered in the context of traditional performance standard (young men – masculine, young women - feminine). Modeling of the prospect of life is represented as the solution of the complex psychological task. This task is being solved by a person at a young age taking into account the system of perception of oneself as a member of social and ethnic identity at the same time. At a young age, the integral program of life future cannot be formed out of touch with the ethnic mental views. It is experimentally proved that, while creating the successful mental program of a person’s life future, the ability to integrate both modern social and traditional ethnic values plays the significant role. The author specifies modern views of young people on the role of the family in the structure of future life expectations.

The study showed that the successful programs of the prospect of life are characterized by the congruity of ethnic, social, cultural, gender and personal components. The violation of identity of any future program component causes the formation of large zones of intrapersonal conflicts, the content of which indicates the meanings and values in which the integrative unity of mental, social, cultural and gender components of the program of life project is violated.