THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE RISK OF SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR IN LATE ADOLESCENCE AND THE HARDINESS LEVEL

The study of self-destructive behavior risk in late adolescence, the issues of forming of hardiness in adolescence, as well as the study of the correlation between these parameters, which allows comparing the results of the research with foreign data, is an actual research issue in modern society due to the need to organize safe educational environment. The authors describe the situational and personal components of the risk of self-destructive behavior among adolescents. The paper presents the results of the study of the relations between self-destructive behavior risk and the hardiness level among late adolescents. The study involved 297 students of 9-10 grades, aged 14-17 years (M=15.3; SD=0.26). The authors identified the situational and personal components of self-destructive behavior risk in late adolescence. The paper describes the most significant restrictive factors of self-destructive behavior: for the majority of late adolescents, it is a belief in the possibility of solving problems and the responsibility to the family. The study identified and described the significant relationships between self-destructive behavior risk and hardiness. The level of hardiness and its parameters (involvement, control, and risk) are associated with both the personal and situational components of self-destructive behavior risk. However, hardiness is most closely related to the personal factors of self-destructive behavior in adolescence. Among situational factors, solving current life problems correlates with a higher level of hardiness in this age. A high level of hardiness also negatively correlates to all risk parameters of self-destructive behavior in late adolescence.