Life-sense Orientations in Adolescence and Early Adulthood

The most widespread professional opinion holds that an individual's value-sense orientations, by determining his or her predominant viewpoint, influence the direction and content of the individual's participation in society, general attitude towards the world and one's self, give meaning and direction to a person's actions, and shape behavior throughout his or her entire life. This article examines the formation of life-sense orientations in ontogenesis, as well as their content and transformation from adolescence to early adulthood. We gave special consideration to the peculiarities of the individual's life-sense orientations with regard to the gender factor.