Life orientations and dominant state of members of post-guardian families

The article is devoted to the study of the features of life orientations and the dominant psycho-emotional state of members of post-guardian families. 240 respondents participated in the study: the main group included 40 post-guardian families (of which 40 were post-guardian and 40 were aged 18–25 years). The comparison groups were guardian families who are in the period of guardianship and post-guardianship: There are 40 guardian families with children from 7 to 11 years old and 40 guardian families with children from 12 to 17 years old. The following methods were used: the questionnaire of life orientations (E.Yu. Korzhova), the “Dominant state” technique (L.V. Kulikov). Descriptive statistics methods, the Mann-Whitney criterion, the Fisher criterion, and Spearman correlation analysis were used for qualitative and quantitative data processing to identify the relationship between life orientations and dominant status in post-refugee families. The statistical package STATISTICA 10 was used to process the statistical data. The predominant type of subject-object orientations in guardian families is the “consumer of a life situation”. The relationship between life orientations and dominant states in post-guardian families has been established. Post-guardians with an active lifestyle, willingness to change, and a high level of subjective control over life situations have higher levels of cheerfulness, vitality, calmness, and stability of emotional tone, as well as more self-confidence. Students with a focus on mastering the inner world have a greater activity in relation to the life situation and a stable emotional background. Those who strive for familiar situations are more likely to demonstrate cheerfulness, calmness and relaxation.