SOCIAL HEALTH AND IDENTITY OF MODERN YOUTH OF RUSSIAN SOCIETY AS A SOCIAL SAFETY FACTOR

Abstract

Transformation of traditional youth values and patterns of behavior is a result, first of all, of changes in a Russian society. The main aim of the article (and our study on the whole) is to see correlation between social health and identity of Russian youth with society security and to prove that social health and identity of youth are among major determinators of society security. Obtained results show that traditional practice of masculinity and feminity phenomena among youth are interconnected; however, female youth images are transformed more quickly than those of men. Female representations about men and representations of men about themselves often do not coincide, which provoke misunderstandings and gender conflicts, determining divorce and “marriage-family distance” of young people. These deteriorates demographical sphere of the society and negatively influences society security and stable development. The state of health (physical and social) of Russian youth is determined by a number of factors, including psycho-physical, socio-historical, cultural, etc. Health and identity of youth is considered to be a factor of social security and society stability, which requires an essential increase of social potential of people as the basic strategic resource of the society.