CONDITIONS OF SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION OF 1ST-YEAR STUDENTS

Abstract

The article considers psychological and pedagogical conditions of socio-psychological adaptation of 1st-year university students. The authors of the article emphasize that the process of adaptation of first-year students has many factors in its nature. These factors manifest themselves in different ways at different stages of study, some factors, for example, can be psychologically rebuilt. In the paper, the authors noted contribution of both foreign and Russian scientists to the study of this problem. The article reveals organizational, activity, professional, socio-psychological and household adaptations. Full-fledged psychological adaptation includes three important stages: the first stage – acquaintance with the place of study, the rights and obligations of the student and the beginning of study; the second stage – mastering the rules and norms of the university and immersion in the learning process; the third stage – conscious and creative improvement of studies. The adaptation process is considered comprehensively in the interrelation of its levels: at the level of interpersonal relationships, behavior of a single student, at the level of psychophysiological activity of the organism. the author gives practical recommendations to facilitate the process of adaptation of first-year students.