ADOLESCENT CRISIS AND EDUCATIONAL CRISES OF ADAPTATION TO THE NEXT EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2019vol7.3747Keywords:
adolescent crisis, human agency, fifth graders, normative age-related crises, normative educational crises of adaptation, psychological resources, tenth gradersAbstract
The problem of pupils’ adaptation to new educational level is explored from the standpoint of human agency becoming.
194 pupils (84 fifth-graders and 110 tenth-graders) took part in the study. Pupils’ agency and psychological resources were surveyed at the beginning of the academic year by Children’s Personality Questionnaire (CPQ), Pupils’ Motives Questionnaire (fifth-graders), High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ), Purpose-in-Life Test, Motives of learning activity Questionnaire (tenth-graders). Adaptation criteria (informational, behavioral and affective) were estimated by expert assessment method and academic performance analysis at the end of the academic year. K-means method of cluster analysis, U-test and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient are used for data analysis.
In each age category of pupils we have found a lot of significant correlation links between the psychological resources and adaptation criteria indicators only in the cluster of pupils with high agency level. So, only pupils with a high level of agency use their psychological resources to successful overcoming of normative educational crises. Thus, without human agency qualities, both the intellectual and personal resources of pupils can remain unused during the period of adaptation and further training, the results of the study demonstrated.
The study was funded by RFBR, project # 18-413-400001
Downloads
References
Akçinar, B. (2013). The Predictors of School Adaptation in Early Childhood. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 93, 1099-1104.
Asmolov, A.G. (2013). Strategy and methodology for the sociocultural reform of education. Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 6, 3-20
Barber, B.K., & Olsen, J.A. (2004). Assessing the Transitions to Middle and High School. Journal of Adolescent Research, 19(1), 3-30.
Balconi, M. (2010). The Sense of Agency in Psychology and Neuropsychology. In Michela B. (eds) Neuropsy-chology of the Sense of Agency. Springer, Milano Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1587-6_1
Bandura, A. (1989). Human Agency in Social Cognitive Theory. American Psychologist, 44, 1175–1184.
Belolutskaya, A., & Veraksa, N. (2016). The multidimensionality of thinking in the context of creativity studies: structural-dialectical approach. European Society for Research in Adult Development. Book of Abstracts. Hague, Netherlands.
Białecka-Pikul, M., Kołodziejczyk, Bosacki, S., & Szpak, M. (2017, August) Self-understanding in Adolescence: Dimensions, Development, and Stability. Paper presented at the 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Utrecht. Retrieved from http://www.ecdp2017.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2017/08/ECDP2017-Abstract-book-V2.compressed.pdf
Borchet, J., Lewandowska-Walter, A., Połomski, P., Peplińska, A., & Kaźmierczak, M. (2017, August). The role of sibling in relation between self-esteem and parentification in adolescence. Paper presented at the 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Utrecht. Retrieved from http://www.ecdp2017.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2017/08/ECDP2017-Abstract-book-V2.compressed.pdf
Cowen, E. L., Dorr, D., Clarfield, S., Kreling, B., McWilliams, S. A., Pokracki, F., ... & Wilson, A. (1973). The AML: A quick‐screening device for early identification of school maladaptation. American Journal of Community Psychology, 1(1), 12-35.
Deci, E. L., Vallerand R. J., Pelletier L. G., & Ryan R.M. (1991). Motivation and education: The self-determination perspective. The Educational Psychologist, 26, 325-346.
Glidewell, J. C., & Swallow, C. S. (1969). The prevalence of maladjustment in elementary schools. (Report prepared for the Joint Commission on the Mental Health of Children. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Hardy C.L., Bukowski W.M., & Sippola L.K. (2002). Stability and Change in Peer Relationships during the Transition to Middle-Level School. Journal of Early Adolescence, 22, 117-142.
Hewson, M. (2010). Agency. In A. Mills, G. Durepos, & E. Wiebe (Eds.) Encyclopedia of case study research (pp. 13-17). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications .
Karabanova, O.A. (2010). Social Situation of Child's Development - the Key Concept in Modern Developmental Psychology. Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 3, 130-153
Koops, W. (2017). The role of agency in adolescent research. Paper presented at the 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Utrecht. Retrieved from http://www.ecdp2017.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2017/08/ECDP2017-Abstract-book-V2.compressed.pdf
Leontiev, D. A. (2010). What the Concept of Subject Contributes to Psychology: Agency as a Personality Dimension. Epistemology & Philosophy of science, 25(3), 135-153.
Markus, H. R., & Kitayama S. (2010). Cultures and Selves: A Cycle of Mutual Constitution. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5(4), 420–430.
Nisskaya, A. K. (2018). School readiness outcomes of different preschool educational approaches. Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 11(1), 43-60.
Polito, V., Waters, F. A. V., & McIlwain, D. (2015). Sense of agency: Theory, methods, and application. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 2(3), 207-209.
Raven, J., Raven, J.C., & Court, J.H. (2000). Raven Manual: Section 3. SPM Manual (Including the Parallel and Plus Versions). 2000 Edition. Oxford: Oxford Psychologists Press.
Rupsiene L., & Kucinskiene R. (2005). Influence of Teachers' Behaviour on Students' Adaptation after School Transition. ERIC: Reports-Research. ED490657; EBSCO.
Samokhvalova A. G., & Kryukova T. L. (2016). Communication difficulties in teenagers with health impairments. Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 9(3), 113-126.
Symanyuk E. E., & Pecherkina A. A. (2016). Psychological predictors of inhibition development in educational environments. Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 9(3), 127-140.
Wong, T. (2017, August) An International Perspective on School Climate and Skipping School Among Youth: Japan, Canada, Turkey, and Hong Kong. Paper presented at the 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Utrecht. Retrieved from http://www.ecdp2017.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2017/08/ECDP2017-Abstract-book-V2.compressed.pdf
Aбульханова, К.А. (2005) Принцип субъекта в отечественной психологии. Психология. Журнал Высшей школы экономики, 2. 4, 3-21
Божович Л.И. (1968). Личность и ее формирование в детском возрасте. М.
Выготский Л.С. (1983) Проблемы развития психики. Собрание сочинений: Т.З. М.: Педагогика.
Леонова Е.В. (2018). Становление субъектности в нормативных возрастных и образовательных кризисах. Монография. Калуга: КГУ им. К.Э. Циолковского. Леонтьев Д.А. (2008). Тест Смысложизненных ориентаций М.: Смысл.
Леонтьев Д.А. (2010). Что дает психологии понятие субъекта: субъектность как измерение личности. Эпистемология & философия науки=Epistemology & Philosophy of science. Т. 25. № 3. С. 135-153
Реан А.А. (2001) Практическая психодиагностика личности. СПб.
Рукавишников А.А. (2002). Факторный личностный опросник Р.Кеттелла. Методическое руководство. СПб: Иматон
Слободчиков В.И. (1991) Категория возраста в психологии и педагогике развития. Вопросы психологии, 2, 37-49.
Слободчиков В.И. (2008) Антропологический смысл кризисов перехода в развитии и образовании. Психология обучения , 1, 4-25.
