The article is devoted to the problem of education in the system of modern continuing education, that will allow us to preserve the human being as a representative of the human race in the digital age. Purpose is to substantiate the inextricable relationship between education and culture, the importance of art for the education of the young generation, which introduces a person to the world of human values. Methodology and Approach. Theoretical analysis of researches, comparative analysis and generalization of scientists’ views on the role of culture in education. Based on an in-depth analysis, the contradictions of the present time in continuing education are highlighted, and the role of the humanitarian component is emphasized. Results. Based on the theoretical analysis of the activity of the educational psychologist the conditions for the successful process of cultural development of students are highlighted. It is emphasized that it is necessary to organize a consistent and internally coordinated system of all stages of continuing education based on interaction and professional development. Theoretical / practical implications. Special focus on the role of speech in the development of all types of arts and preservation of culture, the importance of developing a person’s ability to master a word, speech, language in the context of general and psychological culture of the emerging personality, which is determined by the culture of a psychologist.

Purpose. The purpose of this study is to test two new methods on a Russian sample: a non-verbal method for evaluating emotions - SAM (Self-Assessment Manikin) and a computer method for studying emotions and forecasting in the decision-making process - Emotional Anticipation in a Casino Gambling (EPIC). Methodology and Approach. On the first stage, the participants were asked to describe what emotions are represented in the pictures in the SAM. Second stage included participants’ decision-making at different levels of situational risk with prediction of their results and assessment of their emotions. Results. SAM and EPIC methods were tested. It was demonstrated that the accepted level of risk depends on the anticipated pleasure and dominance, while the predicted results depend on the situational risk. Theoretical and Practical implications. The study complements the understanding of the role of emotional anticipation in the decision-making process. The tested methods can be used in a wide range of decision-making research.

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to study the content, structure and predictors of the phenomenon of responsibility to previous and future generations among representatives of generations Y and Z. Methodology and Approach. The study was conducted by the questionnaire survey of youth of Kursk, Chelyabinsk and Arzamas (N = 463). Of these, representatives of generations Y (N = 169) and Z (N = 292). The methods of assessing social responsibility, generativity, value orientations, faith in the justice of the world, and attitudes to global risks are used. Results. The analysis showed that the responsibility to previous and future generations among young people of generations Y and Z has both common and different characteristics. Predictors of these characteristics are revealed. Theoretical and Practical implications. The features of the structure of social responsibility in two generations of youth, the socio-psychological factors associated with it and its predictors are shown for the first time.

Purpose. The purpose of the work is to study the lifestyle and attitude to time of people at the late ontogenesis stage. Methodology and Approach. Based on the results of the ZPTI Questionnaire (F. Zimbardo) and the author’s questionnaire, the time perspective features in groups of pensioners (58-93 years old) who lead different lifestyles are analyzed: elderly non-working people who are at home-based social services; elderly non-working people, leading an active lifestyle. Results. The prevailing temporal orientations in the general sample are “Future” and “Positive Past”. A balanced time perspective is observed in one third of respondents. The Past and the Present are correlated, while the mode of the future is isolated. Active pensioners are more future-oriented. When planning goals for the next year, they often want to learn something new, but in the long term, the goal of “maintaining health” becomes the most important. For pensioners dependent on social assistance, maintaining health is an urgent goal throughout all periods of future planning. The age of 64-75 years is the most balanced, when all three aspects of time are actualized and integrated in the personality time perspective. Single or cohabiting living does not affect the personality time perspective. Theoretical and Practical implications. The results of the study contribute to the time psychology of late age people, and allow us to determine the vulnerability points in orientation in time, as well as to develop psychocorrection programs.

Purpose: the purpose of the article is to justify the need to study the characteristics of generation Z (centennials) in the psychological and pedagogical context, as their socialization occurs in radically different conditions from previous generations. Methodology and Approach: the author analyzes scientific and popular sources, which allowed us to systematize a number of trends in the formation of psychological characteristics of centennials, and offers some pedagogical measures that are adequate to the peculiarities of perception and processing of information by representatives of the digital generation. Results: the results of a local (28 people) empirical study are presented, which refute the data of some scientific studies on the decline in morals among modern youth. Theoretical / practical significance: the students of the empirical sample showed a focus on interaction, cooperation, found low levels of egoistic and marginal orientation, recorded the severity of the socio-psychological attitude to altruism.

Purpose. The purpose is to study representations of orphaned children about their psychological well-being and its characteristics. Methodology and Approach. The author analyzes the empirical material collected with the use of the survey method in the form of open questions and unfinished sentences. Results. It is determined that the psychological well-being of orphaned children is determined by the characteristics of motivational-need and emotional states (their internal manifestations), while the psychological well-being of others is predominant by the demonstrated external manifestations of states. Psychological well-being in the representations of adolescents is associated with situations of satisfaction of needs (physiological and social) and is determined by activity - its procedural and effective characteristics or lack of activity. Theoretical and Practical Implications. The results of the study contribute to the understanding of the phenomenon of psychological well-being and complement the psychological portrait of children left without parental care.

Purpose: The purpose of the article is to present the questionnaire “Age- status self -awareness” in the aspect of its psychometric testing. Procedure and research methods: The main content of the study is the psychometric justification of the author’s questionnaire “Age-status self-awareness of adolescents”. In two samples, the authors conducted a factor analysis of the results of the answers to the questionnaire items using the principal component method, analyzed the internal consistency of the Kronbach questionnaire, as well as the retest reliability and partial construct validity Results: Based on the study, the four-factor structure of the questionnaire was revealed: “a feeling of adulthood”, “unwillingness to grow up”, “a feeling of changeable-intermediate status”, “satisfaction with age”. The presence of high internal consistency on the scales “unwillingness to grow up” and “satisfaction with age”, moderate on the scale “feeling of adulthood” and weak on the scale “sense of changeable-intermediate status” is shown. The high retest reliability of all scales and the presence of construct validity on the scales “feeling of adulthood”, “unwillingness to grow up” and “satisfaction with age” was also found. Theoretical / practical relevance: The authors proposed an instrument for assessing the psychological aspects of adolescent attitudes toward adulthood in the arsenal of research methods in the fields of developmental psychology, social psychology and personality psychology.

Purpose: Development of a model for forming the pedagogical university students’ readiness to maintain and improve health. Methodology and Approach: The authors conducted an analysis of scientific papers and empirical material on the study of a healthy lifestyle for young people, as well as the models of health saving. The article presents the results of a survey of pedagogical university students (n = 150) using R.A. Berezovskaya’ questionnaire “Attitude to Health”. On the basis of which the authors propose a model for the formation of future teachers’ readiness to maintain and improve health, which is an interconnection of goals, criteria and indicators, conditions, techniques, methods and cognitive, emotional and activity means. Results: The results of the study showed the feasibility of using innovative experience in preserving and strengthening students’ health, the formation of their active life position, focused on a healthy lifestyle. Theoretical and Practical implications: Consist in summarizing the current areas of health-preserving activities, defining modern technologies for maintaining and strengthening students’ health.

Purpose: The analysis of foreign experience in developing the competence of primary school children’s parents by means of special educational programs. Methodology and Approach: The author’s Protocol of systematic review of foreign literature, theoretical analysis and generalization are used. Criteria for the analysis of foreign programs for the development of parental competence were: program addressing, theoretical base, main tasks, forms and methods of working with the parent group, evidence base of effectiveness. Results: three foreign programs for the development of parental competence directly or including those aimed at parents of primary school children were analyzed: the program of S.M. Glăveanu, “MonteBaRo-Training”, “Triple P-Positive Parenting Program”, and their comparison was performed. The generalization of the essential advantages of foreign experience on developing the competence of parents having primary school children. Theoretical and Practical implications: Knowledge of positive foreign experience in forming the competence of primary school children’s parents can be used by domestic researchers, school psychologists in modeling, optimizing, testing and verifying the effectiveness of psychological and pedagogical educational programs for parents.

Purpose. The purpose of this article is to study the features of the evaluation component of the I-concept of children with attention deficit and hyperactivity syndrome (hereinafter referred to as ADHD). Methodology and approach. The article provides an analysis of researchers’ views on the peculiarities of formation and development of the evaluation component of the I-concept of personality, as well as an analysis of the views on the nature of ADHD as a behavioural disorder. Besides, an experiment aimed at identifying features of self-esteem and self-loss in children with ADHD is scrutinized. The main methods of research are: observation, comparison, interpretation of results and statistical analysis. Results. The empirical study revealed the specificity of the evaluation component of the I-concept of children with ADHD, which is expressed in inadequate low self-esteem in children with ADHD and low reflexivity. Theoretical and practical implications. The results of the study can be used in the development of a corrective program aimed at forming adequate self- esteem in children with ADHD, also in the professional activity of a practical psychologist who working with children with ADHD.

Purpose. Is to determine the role of social and humanitarian education in the system of higher professional education and justify the need for its actualization as an important resource in the field of higher education, analysis of existing educational practices and educational needs of students of Russian universities. Methodology and Approach. The article presents three stages of the research, during which university students’ current attitudes to social and humanitarian knowledge are studied (on the example of Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow Institute of Economics, Politics and Law). The study used such empirical research methods as questionnaires and focus groups. When interpreting the research results, general scientific methods, such as comparison and generalization, were used. Results. The study examined educational practice in the field of social and humanitarian education. The educational needs of Russian students and their attitude to social and humanitarian knowledge are identified. Theoretical/practical significance: The results of the study contribute to the theory and practice of socio-humanitarian education in Russian higher educational institutions, the necessity of changing and updating the content of socio-humanitarian knowledge in today’s educational practice. Besides, its role in the process of preparing the highly-skilled professional for the society is defined.