UDC159.922.8
 
ZAZYMKO Oksana,
Candidate of Sciences (Psychology), Associate Professor of the Psychology Department of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics
 
FORMATION OF LIFE VALUES IN YOUTH AGE: PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
 
The role of individual meanings that disclose the gist of abstract life values during the process of personal growth and development is shown. The features of work of analysis of meaning and meaning making at the levels of individual and personal experiences are revealed. The personal meaning of life of contemporary youth is empirically discovered, and the tendency of today’s youth orientation towards subjective present is defined.
 
Keywords: life values, youth age, life experience, personal meaning.
 
 FORMATION OF LIFE VALUES IN YOUTH AGE: PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS