VALUE-SEMANTIC COMPONENTS OF THE LIFE STRATEGIES OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

The paper aims at disclosing the value-semantic components of the life strategies of university students. The characteristics of meaningful life strategy of the individual are described. The paper substantiates the position that the value orientations are a major component of vital strategies of the personality. The following research methods were used: M. Rokich’s test, S. Schwartz’s test, D. A. Leontiev’s life orientations test, R. Inglkhart’s test modified by M. S. Yanitskiy. Basing on the typology by L. I. Dementy and V. E. Kupchenko, the authors identified and described the differences between the fatalistic, conformist and purposeful life strategies, which lie in the method of planning for the future, the formation of an image of the future, the formation of the main goals in life, the degree of meaningfullness and life satisfaction, the ability to independently control the events of their life and take responsibility for them. The paper presents the characteristics of value-semantic sphere of the personality of high school students belonging to these types of vital strategy.