Methodological approaches to the study of adaptive readiness of subjects of higher education

Introduction. The problem of adaptive readiness of students is in a state of active development and search for methodological foundations of research. It is necessary to identify the research potential of the most commonly used methodological approaches in psychology to the study of adaptive readiness of the individual. Theoretical analysis. Studying adaptation readiness as a holistic system, we can talk about psychophysiological, psychological and socio-psychological adaptation readiness. Adaptation readiness of participants in educational relations within the subjective approach characterizes the subject as a bearer of not just activity, but activity in integra ting various mental formations, starting with temperament and ending with the experience of adaptation in various existential spaces. An ecopsychological approach to the study of the adaptive readiness of educational subjects allows us to identify the discrepancy between environmental requirements and internal capabilities, transform relationships in the “personality – environment” system, conduct reflection and form adaptive readiness for the future. Conclusion. System-structural analysis helps to understand the complex and multi-level organization of adaptive readiness of students. The subjective approach focuses on the activity of students in the functioning of their adaptive readiness. The ecopsychological approach directs the research to the study of the conditions and mechanisms of adaptive readiness in the “personality-educational environment” system.