Tv. Kovaleva et Ok. Stepanova, "Adolescents of the times of turmoil" (concerning the issue of upper-gradeschool students' socialization), SOTSIOL ISS, (8), 1998, pp. 57
<<"Adolescents of the times of turmoil" (concerning the issue of uppergrade
school students' socialization>> (by Tatiana Kovaliova and Ol'ga Stepanova
) - the heading borrowed from F. Dostoevskiy - looks into the precarious lo
t of Russia's secondary school students under the present conditions. The p
lace of money in their life values, ethical and moral orientations, value o
f learning, and future plans are analyzed on the basis of the survey data c
ollected (1997) among both school students and their teachers. Liberalized
market economy is found to be accepted for the group in question, as well a
s the principle of individual responsibility for one's own future, though t
here are numerous negative trends threatening the sizable portions of Russi
a's youth groups by de-socialization.