Social peculiarities of assertive behavior development in adolescence

Abstract

The concept of assertiveness is considered as a quality necessary for a person`s effective life-sustaining activity in general and the adolescent`s personality becoming in particular. The features influencing the formation of this type of behavior in the studied age period at the macro-, micro- and meso-level are identified, together with its priorities and weak points, in particular, social changes and instability which contribute to the formation of such behavior forms as uncertainty, fear, the lack of assertive behavior, and self-confidence. In order to develop and form assertive behavior, the social support program has been developed. Psychological counseling, individual psychotherapy with the involvement of active methods and techniques are chosen as the main methodology: casestudies – the analysis of life and professional situations; mini-lectures, group discussions, self-analysis of one`s own assertiveness level; role-plays, training sessions. Their complex application gives a positive result in terms of the positive dynamics of assertive behavior development in adolescence.