The influence of the social microenvironment of athletes of the sports reserve on deviant behavior and the formation of value orientations

Relevance. In the context of socio-political transformations of Russian society, adolescents face changes in external and value-normative conditions that are regulators of social behavior. The strengthening of negative trends in the formation of value orientations makes it difficult to predict the direction and consequences of social behavior, which actualizes the study of the influence of the microenvironment as a factor that forms the behavioral strategies of athletes from among the sports reserve. The aim is to study the influence of the microenvironment of athletes of the sports reserve on the manifestations of deviant behavior and the formation of value orientations. Research methods: analysis of literary sources, questionnaires, pedagogical observation, pedagogical experiment. Results. The influence of the microenvironment of athletes (family, classmates, friends) on the manifestations of deviant behavior and the formation of value orientations is considered. Value orientations are defined as the basis of an individual’s social behavior. Conclusions. During the pedagogical experiment, one of the tasks of studying the influence of the microenvironment on the social behavior of young athletes was concretized. The influence of the microenvironment on the social behavior of athletes of the sports reserve, some characteristics of their social identity (non-basic social statuses) has been studied. It is established that young athletes are trying to take an active life position and are influenced by the social environment, which can form the direction of their activity: creative or destructive. The necessity of searching for factors determining the formation of value orientations, as well as manifestations of deviant behavior, is determined.