SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL SPECIFICS OF TEENAGER INCORPORATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF DESTRUCTIVE YOUTH SUBCULTURES

Abstract

The paper presents a theoretical review of the scientific and national and international research on the problem of socio-psychological status of youth subcultures as determinants of formation of destructive behavior among youth. We consider the psychological characteristics of subcultures as one of the driving forces of socialization. The mechanisms of formation of youth subcultures, as well as analyzes the place of youth in the criminal subculture. The analysis of the social behavior of the individual deviations, which are formed under the influence of youth gangs, as well as analysis of the theory of the causes of deviations. Analyzed the concept of «youth subculture», presented a brief description of its main species and the effect of informal associations values and moral standards of young people. Discloses the positive and negative aspects of the impact of subcultures on the culture of the Ukrainian youth, as well as the conclusion of the connection with the formation of informal groups of addictive behaviors among youth.
Identifed and summarized the causes which impel young people to find themselves in youth associations.