Modern civilization is experiencing an era of uncertainty, which covers all spheres of life of the society of any state. Currently, one of the topical areas of research has become the study of the impact of global risks on the vital activity of mankind. This paper investigates the relationship of value orientations and temporal focus of modern youth in the conditions of global risks. The theoretical part of the paper analyzes the available research on the topic of the paper. The second part of the paper presents the results of the empirical study of the relationship between value orientations and temporal focus of university students, which confirm the theoretical conclusions. The obtained data of the empirical study will allow us to further study the dynamics of the relationship between value orientations and psychological time of the individual, under the influence of external factors.

The article presents the results of an empirical study of the features of the relationship between students’ value orientations and their existential identity in the context of life choices. It is shown that the leading value orientations of students of different genders and ages and their preferred existential roles in their interaction act as factors in choosing a particular life strategy.

A theoretical analysis of the sources in which the question of the formation of national culture in Russia is raised is carried out. It is concluded that Russian culture is a consolidating factor in the conditions of multicultural interaction. The concepts of “value orientations” and “value attitude” are considered and their hierarchy is determined. The role of the cultural and historical context in the process of introducing preschool children to national culture is emphasized. The emphasis is placed on the connection of interest and the formation of a value attitude to national culture. The ways of forming a value attitude to national culture in older preschool children are considered.

The article considers the cultural and value orientations of specialists in the helping field of activity. Aspects of cultural intelligence are touched upon. The concept of culture is considered as a system of values that forms a person’s well-defined value needs and orientations. This is especially relevant for specialists in the helping field of activity. The analysis of differences in the general level of cultural intelligence and cultural and value orientations of specialists of the helping field of activity is carried out.

The article proposes an approach to adult education in the correctional system. It highlights the necessity of conducting psychological assessments of inmates based on advanced methodologies. Secondly, it suggests developing personalized trajectories for comprehensive rehabilitation within the prison’s educational framework, using the results of the research conducted in the unified educational space.

The article reveals professional and pedagogical values and value orientations of a military-political worker from the standpoint of an axiological approach. The professional and pedagogical values of a military-political worker are revealed within the framework of two classifications: 1) social and pedagogical (socio-pedagogical), professional-group and individualpersonal; 2) values-goals, values-means, values-attitudes, values-knowledge, values-qualities.

The article deals with the regional specifics of student teachers’ professional pedagogical orientation. The importance of considering macrosocial context of the formation of student teachers’ professional orientation is noted. The results of empirical research of the professional orientation level, its motivational and value components among student-teachers of three regions: Pridnestrovie, Kishinev municipality and Orekhovo-Zuevo municipality are presented. It is argued that student-teachers in various regions differ in the professional orientation level (it is lower among Chisinau students in comparison to those from Pridnestrovie and Orekhovo-Zuevo), whereas motivational and value components also vary: the professional orientation of student-teachers from Pridnestrovie, a region with undefined political status, is characterized by predominance of external motivation and more pronounced individualistic tendencies (in comparison to students from culturally similar regions).

The research of cognitive and metacognitive components of professional thinking of the students (n = 109) of the “man – man” type of jobs, as compared to value orientations, is presented in the article. Cognitive and metacognitive peculiarities are differently directed and have multiple meaning associations with the system of values. The potential of cognitive component of professional thinking is presented by various predominant qualities, while the potential of metacognitive component is characterized by different levels of development of metacognition.

The purpose of the article is to highlight the results of a study of factors determining the resilience of an individual in high school age. Attention is focused on the problem of the modern educational process, which places high demands on the psyche of high school students, and resilience as a phenomenon that contributes to the successful overcoming of difficulties and adaptation to the requirements. The author used the method of theoretical analysis of scientific sources, psychodiagnostic testing, mathematical and statistical data processing (Pearson correlation coefficient). The results of a correlation analysis are described, in which the emotional sphere and value orientations are considered as factors of resilience.

The article presents the results of the study of personal value orientations in connection with age and type of gender identity. The value systems of the representatives of two generations as well as the peculiarities of the value hierarchy of people with high and low level of androgyny are considered. The statistical analysis of differences between the groups in the hierarchy of terminal and instrumental values is carried out. The results of the research testify to the presence of intergenerational and gender-psychological differences in the structure of personal values.

The article reveals the theoretical issues related to the identification of the valuesemantic foundations of the education of modern youth, a comparative analysis of normative legal documents regulating educational activities in institutions of general and higher education is carried out. The authors focus on the specifics of the work of teaching staff aimed at the formation of value orientations of the younger generation.