PSYCHOLOGICAL-PROBLEMS OF PROFESSIONAL RE ORIENTATION OF ADULTS

The problem of professional re-orientation of adults is considered. It is shown that socio-economic factors are predominant when solving thi s problem, whereas psychological factor are practically not taken into account. This decreases the efficiency of re-orientation and increase s a psychological <<price>> of transition of man from one professional activity to other. As a result of the longitudinal study, a conclusio n was made about the stages and mechanisms of the process of re-orient ation, the effects of certain personality traits on its success, the d egree of correspondence between man's past experience and characterist ics of new activity.