Problems of readiness of contemporary Russian youth for family formation: ideal and real behavior models

Abstract

Problems of readiness of contemporary Russian youth for family formation: ideal and real behavior models

Sazhina L.V., Kovalev V.V., Petrova M.V.

Incoming article date: 04.04.2016

Readiness of contemporary youth for formation of stable marriage-family relations is a necessary factor forming stable functioning of a society and also a determining factor of social and national security, which is very essential nowadays in the conditions of non-stability, various challenges and risks. Compatibility/non-compatibility of ideal behavior models of the contemporary youth with the real models in the chosen aspect represents itself as an important criterion of determination of readiness/not readiness of youth for family formation. Today there have been distinguished the factors influencing the formation of an ideal partner of other gender, these are family (parents, relatives), referent groups, first experience of communication with other gender, mass media, etc.

Keywords: youth, Russian youth, student youth, family, marriage, gender, model, behavior model