Comparison of value-related and moral characteristics of high school students of state schools and orthodox gymnasiums (based on the conception of polymentality)

The article is aimed to publish and analyze the data of a comprehensive socio-psychological study of the characteristics of value and moral development of modern school-student youth. The discussion of the results is based on the concept of polymentality of Russian society by V.E. Semyonov. 600 upperclassmen studying in state schools (441) and Orthodox gymnasiums (159) were surveyed. Comparison of answers of representatives of the two samples shows that respondents studying in Orthodox gymnasiums (as representatives of the Orthodox mentality) have more positive characteristics of civic identity, religious identity, more favourable characteristics of family consciousness, in particular, attitudes to the creation of a family and the birth of children.The article is aimed to publish and analyze the data of a comprehensive socio-psychological study of the characteristics of value and moral development of modern school-student youth. The discussion of the results is based on the concept of polymentality of Russian society by V.E. Semyonov. 600 upperclassmen studying in state schools (441) and Orthodox gymnasiums (159) were surveyed. Comparison of answers of representatives of the two samples shows that respondents studying in Orthodox gymnasiums (as representatives of the Orthodox mentality) have more positive characteristics of civic identity, religious identity, more favourable characteristics of family consciousness, in particular, attitudes to the creation of a family and the birth of children.