TO THE QUESTION OF PROPHYLAXIS OF TEENAGERS’ PSYCHOSEXUAL ABERRATION

Abstract

The relevance of this topic is based on the importance of the psychosexual sphere in adolescence and low scientific facilities for the psychologists’ practical work in this area. The investigation focuses on the preventive measures of teenage psychosexual disorders. The basis of the psychoprophylactic work is the study of teenagers’ attitude toward bodies depending on their sex. The research was held with the help of psychodiagnostics set of methods aimed at studying the different components of the attitude toward body. The research is based on our self-formulated term “attitude toward body” in which V. N. Myasischev’s conception of relationship underlies. The expected results showed the more critical attitude of teenage girls toward their bodies. However, contrary to the expectations and irrespective of the sex the majority of probationers showed high level of alexithymia as a result of an insufficient ability to verbalize their own corporeal feelings and emotions. Cognitive aspects of attitude toward body are not formed enough for both boys and girls. The recommendations for teachers and psychologists were worked out in order to prevent teenage psychosexual disorders taking into account sex differences. The prospects of studies in the area of psychoprophylaxis were determined for future research work.