The articles we are proud to introduce to you today tackle such modern challenges as the geopolitical instability, the turbulent socio-economic processes, and the consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic. These conditions affect the basic spheres of personality development and demand new methodological approaches to various psychological factors that make human life productive and fulfilling.

The section of Post-Non-Classical Methods in Psychology opens with an article
on statistical reconstruction of the theo­retical construct of personal cognitive academic space. The authors identified a component that allowed them to link cognitive behavior with metacognitive processes and describe the psychological dimensions of personal academic space.

The section of Mental Development: Ontology and Sociogenetics contains original research articles aimed at revealing patterns, mechanisms, factors, and conditions behind the development and functioning of personality in normal and pathological conditions. T. G. Bokhan et al. reported a longitudinal study of preschool children conceived by assisted reproduction technology. While stating a generally favorable character of their development, the authors managed to outline some risk groups that need observation and timely correction. According to T. V. Kapustina and E. A. Rodnikova, people who have experienced a mental trauma in their childhood are likely to develop complex post-traumatic stress, depending on the type of child-mother attachment. S. L. Rudenko’s article describes the clinical and socio-psychological factors of personality development in neurotic patients and clarifies the targets of psychotherapy and rehabilitation.

Gender in Sociology and Psychology
focuses on gender stereotypes and attitudes. The article submitted by E. P. Belinskaya and F. Kh. Avazmatova connects misogyny as a gender auto-stereotype with coping strategies in women who believe that life adversities are caused by gender. O. I. Titova reports significant differences in the way people with pronounced masculinity and femininity organize their social interactions. People with strong masculine traits are more subject-oriented and selective while those with pronounced femininity tend to focus on the interaction partner.

The section we entitled Ambiguity Tolerance in Psychology highlights the complex phenomenon of tolerance to uncertainty and how it is affected by various
psychological modalities. In their post-non-classical study, M. V. Zlobina and O. M. Krasnoryadtseva classified
life strategies depending on life world
stability, temporal modalities, and ambiguity tolerance. M. I. Kirilyuk and A. V. Penyavskaya concentrated on the relation­ship between the types of coping behavior and ambiguity tolerance to deduce that young people choose between adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies according to their frustration level and subjective well-being.

Psychological and Pedagogical Problems of Personality Development in Normal and Pathological Conditions concentrate on the personality of a modern teacher. M. I. Gubanova studied ideas that teaching personnel have about the diversity of their professional functions to define the methods that could provide productive and efficient teaching. S. I. Kudinov, I. V. Sedova, and A. S. Abushik concentrated on the emotional burnout and professional deformation in schoolteachers, as well as on the role of self-attitude as a factor that regulates life space and fuels interest in various spheres of life.

The final section of this issue features the Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic as Challenges for Psychological Science and Practice at various levels of human psyche. For instance, A. V. Solodukhin et al.
reported an empirical study that proved gender differences in cognitive functions in former COVID-19 patients, which manifested themselves in cognition, memory, attention, motivation, and planning skills. According to P. R. Yusupov and T. A. Mardasova, people
who demonstrated anxiety and negative
expectations during the pandemic
and lock-down probably share a high
level of psychological stress and the same
unconstructive coping strategies.

We are open to cooperation with new authors who are eager to report their discoveries in various branches of psychology.