Posnova T. Social and psychological factors of students' political socialization.

The dissertation is dedicated to the research of the social and psychological factors of students' political socialization. The theoretical and analytical review of scientific literature on this problem as well as the mechanisms, stages and psychological factors of students' political socialization are represented in the thesis. A particular attention is given to the elucidation of the role Higher Educational Institutions play in the process of new generation's entering the political life of the Ukrainian society. Psychological factors of the impact on the process of student youth's political socialization have been revealed. The results of the empirical investigation on the problem of political socialization are presented in the dissertation. On the basis of the experimental research the peculiarities of university students' political socialization of the contemporary stage of the development of the Ukrainian society as well as the system of present day's youth's personal and political values have been clarified. The ways of optimization of the process of the political socialization within the precincts of Institutions of Higher Education have been offered.