Chukhrii І. - The psychological mechanisms of social adaptation of young people with motor disorder.

Contact: Chukhrii Inna Volodymirivna, PhD of Psychology, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology and Social Work at M. Kotsiubynsky Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Academic interests: the issue of psychological mechanisms of social adaptation of young people with motor disorders, psychological correction of maladaptation manifestations of young people with disabilities, psychoanalytic therapy of young people with motor disorders. 

The paper presents the results of an empirical study of the psychological mechanisms of social adaptation of young people with motor disorder.  The factorization of data obtained on the results of an empirical study was examined. The main components of the factor structure of the people under research are found out. A comparative examination of the features of the psychological mechanisms of social adaptation of young people with motor disorders and young people with typical development is considered. It has been established, that there are significant differences in the factor structures of young people with typical development and young people with motor disorders. The factor structure of young people with motor disorders consists of five factors: "Self-oriented factor", " Maladaptive ",  "Adaptively- rational", "Adaptive" and "Emotionally-compromise". It has been established that the “Self-oriented factor” is found among young people with typical development as well, however, the specific difference is the position of  "Selfphysical" component described above factor. In the factor structure of young people with disabilities Self-physical occupies a leading position, and among young people with typical development - insignificant. Since the Self-physical is inherent to personality structures in earlier periods of development, it is expected that a motor disorders stimulates the regressive development processes. Statistical differences upon the indications of such components of the Self-concept of young people with disabilities and typical development as a Self-family and Self-student are found out. That can be connected with the peculiarities of the development of young people, in particular, the difficulty of creating own families by young people with disabilities and differences in education. It has also been stated that according to the result of the study the young people with disabilities have the prepotence of maladaptive factor structures, which requires special psychological support aimed at overcoming maladaptive strategies and developing adaptive manifestations of the mechanisms of social adaptation.

Key words: young people with motor disorders, psychological mechanisms of social adaptation, factor analysis, empirical research, adaptive strategies of mechanisms of social adaptation.