Social activity of an adolescent as a factor of its social health

We analyze the concepts of “social health” (based on sociocentric, utilitarian, medical and social approaches), consider concept of “social activity”; research data reflecting the relationship between the social health of adolescents and their social activity are presented. In the process of analysis, we conclude that the social activity of the adolescent acts as one of the main factors of his social health, contributing to the development of socially significant knowledge, skills necessary for their self-realization and social adaptation in society, reflects his desire and the ability to build relationships with others, the inclusion of the personality of a adolescent in society. In the process of the analysis, we conclude that one of the main tasks of developing an adolescent’s personality is the formation of harmonious relations between an adolescent and society, that is, the development of his social health, which is possible only if the adolescent is included in active work on the development of social norms, rules, values, duties, where he would act not just as an observer, but as an active participant in what is happening. In order to empirically study the impact of social activity on the adolescent’s social health, a preliminary study was conducted in which adolescents from the Moscow State Budgetary Institution of Family Education Promotion Center “Y.V. Nikulin School of Circus Art” of the Moscow Department of Labor and Social Protection.

social health, social activity, adolescents, social experience, socialization