SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPONENTS OF PERSONALITY AND COPING STRATEGIES OF ADOLESCENTS WITH VARYING DEGREES OF DRUG ADDICTION

Background. The article reveals the problems of the personality of adolescents with different manifestations of drug addiction from the point of view of coping-stress strategies. The theoretical part of the article substantiates the relevance of the problem in modern conditions of reality. The need to study these phenomena is emphasized. The main definitions are revealed: the personality of adolescents, individual and socio-psychological characteristics of the personality, overcoming behavior, coping-stress strategies, and drug addiction. Purpose. To study the socio-psychological and individual characteristics of personality and coping behavior of adolescents with varying degrees of drug addiction Materials and methods. The following methods were used in the psychodiagnostic study: R. Cattell's personality questionnaire; Aksyuchits's method for determining motives for drug use; R. Lazarus and S. Folkman's test for determining coping mechanisms. The study sample consisted of 90 subjects of age 13 to 16. Results. The characteristics of individual and socio-psychological components of the personality of adolescents with different manifestations of drug addiction are presented. In addition, the motivational component of the personality of adolescents, namely the motives for using drugs, is considered. Further, the components of coping behavior in adolescents with different levels of addiction are analyzed at the empirical level. After the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data, a statistical analysis was carried out using a non-parametric criterion. Conclusions. In the group of adolescents with a high level of drug addiction, ataractic motives are clearly manifested. Also, in groups of adolescents with different manifestations of drug addiction, namely those prone to drug addiction (who do not use drugs systematically) and drug addicts, adolescents are often irritable, mood swings, impulsive, generally emotionally unstable and have low normative behavior. Communication with others is superficial, social contacts and their emotional component are mainly associated with obtaining satisfaction from drug use, etc. For groups of adolescents with manifestations of addiction, the prevalence of the following coping strategies is characteristic: "Acceptance of responsibility", "Escape-avoidance", "Distancing", "Self-control". EDN: GLNUKX