Aim is to experimentally investigate the effects of multiple social identity actualization on volitional effort to improve performance. Methodology. Participants in the control and experimental groups performed a breath-holding activity with a given motivation (“personal dream” and “common good” motives). Priming actualizing multiple social/personal identities acted as the independent variable in the experimental/control groups. Results. The results show a statistically significant effect of priming on the increase in volitional effort with a given “common good” motivation. Research implications. The results of the study allow a theoretical conclusion about the mediating effect of actualized social identity on the performance productivity. The practical significance lies in the possibility of using actualized social identity to improve activity productivity.

Aim. To analyze approaches to the study of psychological aspects of volunteer activity; and to test the hypothesis that there are specific features in life meaningfulness and volunteers’ personal responsibility. Methodology. The authors analyzed scientific papers and empirical material about the psychological aspects of volunteer activity. The article presents the study results about special features of life meaning and personal responsibility among volunteers and non-volunteers. The study involved 186 people, of which 163 were women, and 23 were men, the age of respondents was 18-62 years. 96 people were volunteers and 90 - were non-volunteers. The following methods were used in the research: “Life-purpose orientations test”, the technique “Life Purpose,” “Level of subjective control,” multidimensional-functional diagnosis of responsibility “OTV-70”, a test of resilience. Results. The study results showed statistically significant differences in measures of a meaningful life, locus of control, and aspects of responsibility in groups of volunteers and non-volunteers. Volunteers also expressed a leader orientation. Volunteers had higher indicators of the harmony of the implementation of life’s purposes and showed greater responsibility and self-control in activities. Situational indecision and conformism were expressed among volunteers much less than in the non-volunteer group. A meaningful analysis showed that the semantic profiles of meaningfulness of life’s destinations in verbal terms in the compared groups also differed. Research implications. The work contributes to the study of the psychological aspects of volunteering, the data obtained can be useful in the preparation of career guidance programs in volunteer movements, training for the formation and updating of the important professional qualities of future volunteers, and the prevention of emotional burnout, as well as form the basis for the study of the psychological mechanisms of the development of the stability of the personality of a volunteer in conditions of adaptation and critical situations.

Aim. The study investigates the differences in the relationship of psychological well-being with regulatory, motivational, and personal characteristics in students with different dynamics of psychological well-being in 5th and 6th grades. Methodology. Longitudinal data of 155 secondary school pupils (Moscow and Kaluga) aged 10-12 years (M = 11 ± 0.28) are analyzed. According to the two 5th and 6th grades surveys, groups with decreasing, increasing, and stable PWB were identified. Research methods: “Well-Being Manifestation Measure Scale” (modification: V.I. Morosanova et al., 2018), “The Self-Regulation Profile of Learning Activity Questionnaire (SRPLAQ)” (V. I. Morosanova, I. N. Bondarenko, 2018), “Academic Motivation Scale - School (AMS-S)” (T. O. Gordeeva et al., 2017), “Attitude towards learning in middle and high school” (modification: V. I. Morosanova, I. N. Bondarenko, I. Yu. Tsyganov, 2018), “Big Five Questionnaire - Children version, BFQ-C” (S. B. Malykh et. al., 2015). The academic performance indicator: the average score of success in learning Russian and mathematics. Results. The decrease in PWB is associated with weakening of the links between PWB and students’ motivational, regulatory, and personal characteristics. In comparison with the 5th grade, in the 6th grade, conscious self-regulation ceases to be a regulatory resource for both PWB and academic performance. PWB stability is ensured by the strong relationship between SR and PWB and the “inclusion” of all regulatory, motivational, and personal factors in this process. The increase in PWB is primarily associated with the actualization of personal development: an accentuated and stable relationship between PWB and self-esteem motivation is revealed. Research implications. The study results allow us to obtain new data on changes occurring in the system of PWB and academic performance predictors during the beginning of secondary school education. In practical terms, understanding the factors of ensuring the stability of PWB will provide teachers and psychologists with a tool that allows them to provide timely and adequate assistance to younger adolescents, supporting the development of their regulatory, motivational, and personal resources.

Aim of the article is to study the ideas about the time of life, the perception of the past, present and future, and the attitude to time among entrepreneurs in the field of “green” economy. To realize the aim the authors used a semi-structured interview. Procedure and methods. To study the perception of time by entrepreneurs in the field of “green” economy, a semi-structured interview program was developed. The introductory part of the questions was aimed at establishing contact with the respondent and included questions for collecting demographic data. The main part includes ideas about the time of life, perception of the image of the past, present and future, goals and the planning horizon. The final stage determined the motivational and value predictors of the choice of the direction of the “green” economy and their connection with the perception of time. Results. Motivational and value predictors are revealed: the ability of entrepreneurs to “forget” negative situations of the past, to be persistent and persistent in achieving goals, the ability to predict events in the distant and foreseeable future. There are a lot of positive memories in the minds of eco-entrepreneurs, the past is compared with the category of experience and is updated when analyzing errors. The main task in business management is associated with the resource of the present time, which is filled with professional activities, family, security. The link between the present and the future is the issues of public well-being, business development and financial stability. Research implications. The study expands the idea of the time resource of entrepreneurs. In addition, the results contribute to the idea of value-time predictors of entrepreneurial activity in the field of “green” economy.

Aim. Identify the psychological features of the interaction positions among medical workers with different levels of forecasting ability. Methodology. The following methods were used in the research: theoretical analysis of the literature, methods of psychological diagnostics, mathematical and statistical methods of data processing. The test «Forecasting ability» (Regush L.A.) and a “Diagnostic questionnaire to identify the interaction positions” (Maralov V.G., Sitarov V.A.) were the concrete methodologies. Results. The authors made conclusions about the existing features of the interaction positions among medical workers with different levels of forecasting ability. When interacting with other people, medical workers with a high and medium levels of forecasting ability have constructive positions of interaction (nonviolence); and when medical workers with a low level of forecasting ability interact with other people, they have nonconstructive positions of interaction (coercion, non-interference). Research implications. The results of the study are significant for organizing medical workers’ constructive interaction with other people (patients and their relatives, colleagues).

Aim. Detection of specific correlations between the peculiarities of life-meaning orientations, family value orientations, individual-typological characteristics of young spouses and the family model Methodology. 72 young families were interviewed: 36 with a traditional family model and 36 with a childless family model (n = 144 people). the Life-Meaning Orientations Test (adaptated by D.A. Leontiev) was used as an instrument; as well as the questionnaire “Value Orientations in the Field of Family Relations” and the questionnaire “Role Expectations and Ambitions in Marriage” by A.N. Volkova. Individual Typological Questionnaire by L.N. Sobchik was also used. For mathematical-statistical were used the data processing Student’s t-test and factor analysis (Statistica 6.0.). Results. The study established that the results of young spouses from different types of families are similar in many respects, but the severity of aim in life, focus on freedom of sexual expression, on the emotional-therapeutic, intimate-sexual and household functions in marriage of husbands from families with a traditional model of relationships are significantly higher. Besides, there were identified and described factors indicating the complementarity of relationships in young families with a traditional and childless model and the value-semantic differences of these relationships. Research implications. The identified value-semantic differences between young traditional and childless families can be used in family counseling.

Aim. The purpose of this work is to identify the types of value orientations of women leaders in Russia, Great Britain and India, depending on the cross-cultural group and gender. Methodology. The research was conducted on the basis of social networks with a link to Google Forms. The sample of the study was composed of female senior executives, working in Russia, Great Britain and India, in the number of 270 respondents (90 respondents in each cross-cultural group). The methodology “Sex-role questionnaire” (S.S. Behm) and “Value questionnaire” (M. Rokich) were used. To determine the significance of the differences the Kruskal-Walliss H-test was used. The statistical significance of the results was considered confirmed at the level of p <0.05. Results. In the course of the work, the types of value orientations of women-leaders in Russia, Great Britain and India were identified depending on the cross-cultural group and gender. According to the data obtained, it was established that there were significant differences in the value orientations of women-leaders, taking into account the influence of the gender factor in the cross-cultural groups of Russia, Great Britain and India. Research implications. The research results contribute to the theory of cross-cultural and gender social psychology.

Aim. The purpose of the article is to describe the ideas of volunteering and socio-psychological qualities of volunteer cadets-psychologists at different stages of training. Methodology. The article analyzes modern views on volunteering, presents the results of our own research, which included a survey using the author’s questionnaire, its quantitative and qualitative analysis. Results. As a result of the research carried out on the cadets of the Faculty of Psychology, it was revealed that the majority of students has a positive attitude to volunteer activities and is ready to be involved in it. Moreover, junior students are characterized by greater activity. The most important social and psychological qualities of volunteers include organization, energy, initiative, sociability, tact. Research implications. The study raises the problem of forming the image of a volunteer in the process of professional development, motivating participants in the educational process to volunteer activity and participation in it as a factor of professionalization. At the same time, the very procedure for interviewing students performs both research and informing functions.

Aim. To describe the results of studying the preparation and conduct of team-building activities aimed at the formation of «team spirit». Methodology. The authors carried out an experiment on the formation of «team spirit» by organizing and conducting various teambuildings. The research used the methods of inclusive observation, polling, questioning (self-assessment of the emotional state of the participants), generalization, interpretation and mathematical analysis of the results. Results. In the course of the work, the conditions for «experiencing emotions» and the components of the process of forming the «team spirit» by conducting team-building activities were identified. Research implications. The research results contribute to the development of the theoretical foundations for the creation and implementation of effective team-building activities.

Aim. To identify individual psychological characteristics of adolescents with different preferences in computer games. The article states that division of games into such genres as: shooters, races, quests, strategies, role-playing and online games develops a various range of skills, properties and psychological qualities of teenagers. The study is devoted to the study of individual psychological characteristics of adolescents with different preferences in computer games. The authors consider the specifics of computer gaming activity, the choice of genres of computer games by teenagers, and also describe the positive and negative impact of computer games on their behavior. Methodology. The article considers the relationships of indicators of adolescents’ individual psychological characteristics, obtained and analyzed with the use of the method of questioning the nature of game activity, as well as the following methods: the questionnaire “Teenagers about parents” (adapted by Vassermanova L. I., Gorkova I. A., Rominitsina E. E.); Diagnostics of interpersonal relations (Leary T.); the methodology of self-esteem research (Budassi S. A.). Results. The analysis of the relationships between the indicators of individual psychological characteristics of adolescents with different preferences in computer games showed that the greatest contribution to the formation of the tendency to excessive video game activity is made by such factors as the expressed hostility of parents to adolescents and insufficient positive interest. In the context of relationships with peers, such factors include: dominance, suspicion and selfishness. Teenagers, who play up to 3 hours a day on smartphones, are involved into mobile games, which are played in between, when traveling in transport. Teenagers who prefer such games usually do not make video game activities their main or important hobby, but devote time to playing in between the main types of activities. Research implications. The results of the analysis and systematization of theoretical material and conducting an empirical study of the individual psychological characteristics of adolescents with different preferences in computer games can be used for timely diagnostics of the personal development of the younger generation in order to harmonize the behavior. The development of programs for the personal growth of adolescents and psychological recommendations for parents of adolescents of the “risk group” on the formation of computer addiction will make it possible to avoid deviant behavior.