Psychotypes of grandparents in the personal experience of adolescent schoolchildren

Introduction. In the modern educational paradigm of the educational space of the Russian Federation, the role of intergenerational relations in the moral education of the individual acts as one of the key elements. This approach reflects the urgent need to solve practical issues of ensuring harmonious development in the interests of different categories of citizens, regardless of their individual characteristics: age, gender, nationality, etc. The objectives of the study are to identify the social and role ideas of modern teenagers in relation to their grandparents, as well as to formulate and evaluate the psychotypes of modern teenagers, manifested in interaction with elderly ancestors. Research methods. The study used a social-role approach. An author's questionnaire was developed to stimulate responses in terms of understanding the dyad nature of the social role. The survey involved 200 teenage schoolchildren from schools in the city of Yelets (Russian Federation) aged 12 to 14 years. Results. Both positive: “Senior comrade”, “Artist”, “Master”, “Wishmaster”, etc., and negative: “Unfriendly face” psychotypes of grandparents, as well as a neutral psychotype: “Unfamiliar face” were identified. Psychotypes of grandchildren and granddaughters were described as counter-role constructions. In particular, the psychotypes of grandchildren were described based on the criterion of attitude towards their grandparents: “Unobligated” (22%), “Quasioobligated” (8%), “Delayed obligated” (17%), “Utopian” (15%), “Demagogue" (12%), "Assistant", "Antagonist" (3%). The socially positive type "Helper" was presented only in 22% of cases. KEYWORDS psycho type, teenage age, old age, social role approach Conclusion. The study showed that special educational work is required to orient the grandparents in the social roles, as well as to form the positive roles of the grandson and granddaughter.