types of experiencing the crisis of transition to adulthood

The research presents a typology of living through the crisis of transition to adulthood. On the basis of cluster analysis of data, received by means of normative crisis symptoms checklist , semantic differential, PIL test (by D.A.Leontiev), the questionnaire of terminal valuesand “Life satisfaction” method (by N.N.Melnikov), three types of living through the normative crisis of transition to adulthood were distinguished: optimal, anxiodepressive and defensive. The analysis of research’s results allows to set out the ways of psychological follow-up of a person in the crisis of transition to adulthood depending on individual peculiarities.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12731/2218-7405-2013-8-9