MORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTION OF CONSCIENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF MODERN YOUTH VALUE PRIORITIES

The article presents the empirical study results of the conception of conscience among young workers and student youth. The aim of the article is to investigate the moral and psychological conception of conscience in modern youth. Scientific novelty is due to the use of a set of methods for the study of understanding of conscience, including: projective method (method of free associations), content analysis, mathematical and statistical processing of data and verification of assumptions. As a result, the author draws conclusions about the differences inconception of conscience in the interviewed groups and determines general and specific perceptions of conscience in the context of young workers and student youth value priorities. In practical terms, the obtained data can be useful in the organization of psychological assistance to students within the framework of psychological counselling, in the development of various personality development programmes and socio-psychological recommendations for working youth and students.