Aim. Purpose of the article is to consider significant scientific approaches to solving pressing issues on psychological readiness for mastering the profession of a teacher, summarizing educational practices, assessing the development of mentoring as an effective way to adapt a young teacher to the profession.

Methodology. The main method is the analysis of scientific research of recent years, the results of which were presented in scientific journals indexed in Russian and international scientific citation systems Web of Science, Scopus, HAC and considered at conferences, forums and congresses organized in the Year of Teacher and Mentor in 2023. The generalization of scientific views and educational practices made it possible to identify topical issues of modern and future education and education, training of a teacher who ensures a high cultural level of development of society.

Results. The result is an overview of scientific research and educational practices that are important for determining the psychological and pedagogical conditions of the personal and professional development of the teacher as a convergence of the national traditions of Russian education, modern scientific knowledge and innovative technologies.

Research implications. The results are valuable for the innovative practice of training a teacher of the future and increasing the level of personal and professional development of subjects of continuing education.

Aim. Evaluation of the level of anxiety among students of the 7th cadet class compared with their peers from the regular class.

Methodology. The Phillips School Anxiety Questionnaire was used to assess the level of anxiety.

The survey included 15 people from the regular class (of which 60% were girls) and 16 people from the cadet class (of which 25% were girls). The average age of the subjects was 13 years.

Results. Students in both classes demonstrated a moderate level of anxiety. The cadets showed a lower level of anxiety associated with the fear of not meeting the expectations of loved ones and significant people. No statistically significant gender differences were found for any of the assessed measures of anxiety.

Theoretical and/or practical significance. The work established that there is no negative impact of training in cadet classes of general education schools on the level of anxiety of adolescents.

Methodology. The study sample consisted of 44 adolescents with different levels of behavioral disorders. In the course of the experimental work, the methodology for assessing the severity of maladaptation of adolescents with different types of deviant behavior ("SDP test" propensity to deviant behavior) E. V. Leus, the questionnaire for the diagnosis of aggressiveness of BassDarki (in the adaptation of A. K. Osnitsky), the methodology of the tendency to deviant behavior by A. N. Orel. To determine the direction of the shift of the values of the studied feature in the direction of increasing (strengthening) or decreasing (weakening), the criterion of G signs was applied.

Results. The analysis of the obtained data showed the effectiveness of the use of group (game therapy) and individual (fairy tale therapy, isotherapy, analysis of metaphors and parables) means of psychocorrection of behavior disorders in adolescents. There was a decrease in the number of adolescents with a high level of behavioral disorders and an increase in the number of adolescents with a low level (no violations).

Research implications. The results of the study can be used by school psychologists to develop and improve programs for psychocorrection of behavioral disorders in the adolescent environment in the conditions of secondary school.

Aim. To determine cognitive and non-cognitive indicators of readiness for school, which are predictors of academic success at the stage of primary general education.

Methodology. The results of the study of psychological readiness for learning and indicators of academic performance in primary school are compared. Factor analysis is used to determine the structure of school readiness, the contribution of cognitive and non-cognitive factors to school success. Sample composition: primary school students (N = 222; 6–7 years old), primary school teachers (N = 9). Diagnostic methods: "Progressive matrices" by J. Raven (series "A"), "Visual-motor gestalt test" by L. Bender, "Exclusion of subjects", "Establishing the sequence of events", "Retelling the text", "Assessment of school motivation of primary school students" by N. G. Luskanova, "Methodology for studying socio-psychological adaptation to school" by

1. M. Alexandrovskaya.

Results. The indicators of the child's mental development that have the greatest impact on academic performance are determined: the level of development of nonverbal and conceptual thinking, the formation of visual-spatial perception and graphomotor skills, activity, arbitrariness of behavior, the ability to self-regulation in intellectual activity. It is established that in relation to the forecast of academic performance, the teacher's assessment of children's readiness for learning is no less accurate than the data of a screening psychodiagnostic examination. Cognitive and metacognitive factors of school readiness reveal close links with academic performance. Non-cognitive factors, presumably, affect the process of socialization, the emotional well-being of the child at school. Of particular importance for school success are such systemic personality characteristics as activity and arbitrariness.

Research implications. The identification of school-relevant indicators of readiness for learning complements the idea of general patterns in predicting academic success at different stages of education. A comprehensive analysis of various aspects of readiness for learning using multidimensional methods of mathematical statistics allowed us to determine the system of cognitive qualities and personal characteristics of a child necessary for primary school education, to assess the contribution of cognitive, metacognitive and non-cognitive factors of readiness for learning to school success.

Aim. The aim of the article is to introduce the limiting category to the study of human behaviour.

Methodology. The article substantiates the category of limit. Limitability is understood by us as a minimum or maximum critical manifestation of the human psyche. It can be defined by a plurality of manifestations explained in structural, functional, regular causes of its occurrence. The methods of analysis, synthesis, interpretation of results and theoretical and methodological description were used in the study.

Results. The study revealed statistical differences (p≤0.05), it was determined that deviant teenagers are more prone to physical violence and hostile to the world around them. Disclosing the peculiarities of the emotional-volitional sphere of adolescents, it is established that they experience feelings of guilt and suspicion.

Theoretical and/or practical significance. With the increase of groups of deviant teenagers it was established that, when carrying out preventive work with minors, it is necessary to focus on working through their experiences. Overcoming the sense of guilt will reduce the aggressiveness of students, and correction of suspicion will reduce the manifestation of demonstrative behaviour, reduce the use of profanity and interest in places where construction projects are located.

Aim. To identify differences in self-perception of body image among women in early and middle adulthood.

Methodology. The study sample included 73 women aged 18 to 45 years, divided into 2 groups

– women of early adulthood – from 18 to 24 years – and women of middle adulthood – from 25 to 45 years. To study differences in these groups, we used T. Cash’s MBSRQ-AS diagnostic approach to one’s own body, adapted by L. T. Baranskaya, S. S. Taturova and the DemboRubinstein self-esteem scale as modified by A. N. Parishioners.

Results. A general negative trend towards decreasing satisfaction with one's appearance with age was revealed. A higher connection between satisfaction with one's body and self-esteem was established in women of middle adulthood compared to women of early adulthood, which indicates differences in the structure of the parameters of influences on body image in different age groups.

Research implications. The identified strong relationship between the parameters of self-perception of appearance and self-esteem helps to determine the main goal of corrective action for individuals with negative self-perception of body image – working with global self-esteem.

Aim. Psychological analysis of the peculiarities of self-presentation of the personality when choosing a marriage partner in the period of youth.

Methodology. Content analysis of marriage ads for 1995, 2010 and 2023, selected by the method of continuous sampling, as well as statistical and mathematical analysis of the obtained data was carried out. The main unit of analysis was the text of the dating advertisement. The total sample of respondents amounted to 600 people.

Results. The analysis showed that in the content of the presented characteristics and in the desired image of a future partner in women and men there is a situation of discrepancy between what the authors of advertisements offer and what the authors of the opposite sex want to find. The existing dynamics of values in the presented characteristics and values of the desired image of the future partner in men and women, which is explained by the global socio-economic, political and other changes in Russia.

Theoretical and/or practical significance of the study lies in the fact that the data obtained not only expand the ideas in the field of both family psychology and developmental psychology regarding the value-motivational sphere of young people, changing from generation to generation. In 1991, material values prevailed among young people, in 2010 spiritual and personal values, in 2023 a return to the importance of material values was observed. At the same time, the emphasis was placed on attractive appearance and following a healthy lifestyle. The results of the study provide new research vectors for specialists in family psychology, developmental and social psychology.

Aim. To describe the changes in the motivational component of the systemogenesis of the professional formation of a labor subject at the stage of pre-professional development, depending on the severity of personal qualities.

Methodology. The study involved 817 psychology students of the 1st – 4th courses studying at leading Russian universities. The interpretation of the research results is confirmed by the methods of mathematical and statistical data processing.

Results. As the professional formation at the stage of professional training of a psychologist, as a subject of labor, the disposition of the leading motives does not change significantly, while motivation, evaluated in the context of professionally important personal qualities, shows the specifics due to the stage of professional training (course of study).

Research implications. The results of the study contribute to the study of the problem of the motivational component of the system of genesis of the professional formation of a psychologist as a subject of labor.

Aim. To study the differences in the personal and professional qualities of municipal employees between the real and Ideal Self in order to bring them closer to the ideal image.

Procedure and methods. In the course of work on the article, a theoretical analysis of the research of self-concept, images of the Self-real, Self-ideal, Self-reflexive, professional activity, personal-professional qualities of municipal employees was carried out. When conducting the research, the method of testing, generalization, interpretation of empirical data, methods of mathematical statistics were used. The following tests were conducted: "Interpersonal diagnostics" test by T. Leary. Leary, the method of "Expert Analysis". The Spearman rank correlation coefficient, Kruskal-Wallis and Mani-Whitney criteria were used in the study of interrelations using the statistical package SPSS 21.

Results. According to the results of the study, the personal-professional qualities, the specifics of professional activity of municipal servants, their differences between the Self-real and Selfideal were determined.

Theoretical and/or practical significance. The results of the study contribute to the theory of labor psychology, expand the ideas about the Self-real and Self-ideal of municipal employees. The results are significant in the practice of developing personal and professional qualities and improving the professionalism of local government specialists.