Vol 3, No 22 (2015)

The article presents the findings of an empirical study of pregnant women awaiting their first child. A content and mathematical analysis of psychological features of healthy women and women with infertility treatment experience was carried out. The authors make a conclusion that the infertility treatment experience is an important determinant of negative phenomena in the psychological status of pregnant woman.

This article considers the options and features of teacher burnout dynamics. The dependence of the burnout on hardiness is proved. The authors study the formation of the burnout phases among groups of teachers. The differential analysis shows that low hardiness is a good predictor of professionally undesirable changes such as emotional burnout.

The article presents a brief analysis of the psychological and pedagogical sources on perceptions of mentally disabled people. The authors consider the results of an empirical study of the perceptions of people with intellectual disabilities among students of pedagogical specialties.

The paper focuses on the issue of children's subculture as an important step in the process of self-identification. The author considers subculture is one of the factors of child sociocultural development.

The article gives an insight into the value of interpersonal relationships in adolescence. The results of an empirical study of adolescent groups of different social status are presented.