Openness to the future of youth in a situation uncertainties

Background. In our rapidly evolvingsociety, the younger generation often encounterssituations of ambiguity. Some researchers attributerisk-taking topersonal traitssuch as self-activation, self-esteem, emotional stability,andlocus of control (M.A. Odintsovo, D.V. Lubovsky, E.I. Kuzmina, V.A. Bodrov, Rapokhin I.P., Kochetkov V.V., Skotnikova I.G., et al.). Despite the varietyof existing theories onpersonal potential in psychology (D.A. Leontiev, M.S. Kagan, V.N. Markov), the questionof incorporatingthe conceptof «openness to the future» intoits frameworkremains unresolved. Oneof the hallmarksof this conceptis self-assurance in the face of uncertainty. Purpose– considerationof the phenomenonof «opennessto the future» ina situationof uncertaintyamongyoungpeople. Materials and methods. The empiricalstudywas conductedusingthreepsychodiagnosticmethods:the resiliencetest(S.Muddy's method,D.Leontiev's adaptation),the R.SchwarzerandM.Yerusalemscaleof self-efficacy, and the scale of opennessto the future(Russianadaptationby A.S.Hegai,A.A.Zolotareva,T.A.Kashtanova,Yu.S. Vitko,and A.A.Lebedeva).The primarydatawasstatisticallyprocessedusingtheIBM.SPSS.Statistics.Version22program. Results. The study revealed a direct relationship between openness to the future in a situation of uncertainty and the components of personal potential (resilience, self-efficacy) in young people.Similarconclusionscanbe tracedinotherdomesticandforeignscientificpapers.Thus,opennessto the futureis considereda componentof personalpotentialina situationof uncertainty.A promisingareafor furtherresearchinthisareaisto increasethe samplesize of respondentsandanalyzethe relationshipbetween othercharacteristicsof personalpotential(includingsubstructuressuchasthe potentialfor choiceandself-determination)and opennessto the future.The findings obtained will be of great assistance to practicing psychologists in their work with young individuals, enabling them to shape their vision of the future.