The article examines the impact of valuable factors on professional determination — motives for choosing a profession and life-meaning orientations. The relationship between the motives of professional determination and the value orientations of senior schoolchildren has been studied. a correlation analysis was carried out between motives and life-meaning orientations using the Spearman correlation coefficient.

Special creative abilities of a child which are the result of continuous work of parents, educators and teachers are considered. The formation of mental functions and mental operations give preschoolers the opportunity for successful studying at school.

Empirical examination of notation about parental behavior in student age is presented. In contrast to freshmen, the graduates have more mature and realistic notion about parental behavior. which shows a certain degree of psychological readiness to fulfil parental functions.

Interaction between anxiety level and specific motivation of senior schoolchildren is considered in the article. The reasons for school anxiety emergence are analyzed: social atmosphere at home and in class, expectation from parents and teachers, fear of low grades. Learning motivation, aspiration for success may decrease because of anxiety which leads to school success deterioration.