Phenomenology of the “hardiness” concept in the post-boarding socialization continuum of youth in modern Russian society

Abstract

The article focuses on studying the phenomenon of “hardiness” of orphans and children left without parental care, reveals the level of hardiness qualities in adolescent orphans of senior high school. The components of hardiness are shown and the main directions in its study are highlighted. It has been proved that hardiness is directly interconnected with many positive personal characteristics and contributes to health preservation and increased efficiency. The author comes to the following conclusions: - resilience is one of the most powerful resources that contribute to improving the physical and mental health of orphans and children left without parental care for successful adaptation in stressful situations and solving difficult life situations; - in the course of conducting an empirical study, it was found that about 70% of orphans of the pre-graduation and final classes have a low or below average level of readiness for post-international socialization; - of particular importance are the issues of the need to create a set of measures (training programs, teacher mentoring programs, etc.) to improve the overall level of resilience, as well as its components for the most favorable post-international socialization of orphans.