The article deals with an important problem of suicides committed in a group of young people during early adolescence. Scientific reflection focuses on three basic issues. The first one deals with the characteristics of early adolescence, the second one deals with the problem of suicide, and the third one deals with the specificity of suicide in people in the period of early adolescence. In this context, an urgent need to develop effective prophylaxis and the creation of modern theories and concepts of suicide should be indicated.
In the daily professional activity of a psychologist, the issue of his authority is of particular importance. In the first part of the article, the very concept of authority is the subject of scientific reflection. Authority in the proper sense means a person who, thanks to a set of personality traits, in particular competences in a given area, determines the shaping of judgments, opinions and attitudes of another person or social group, recognizing its value. The second part deals with the issue of the authoritarian personality. Authoritarianism describes the actions of the authorities using all means to implement their own, sometimes dogmatically understood political concept and forcing others to behave desired by it. This concept falsified the classical sense of authority. The third part of this article concerns the profession of psychologist in the dimension of authority. A psychologist should take care of his professional and moral authority for the benefit of his patients and clients, observing the basic ethics of the psychologist's profession.
Currently, one of the significant topics of psycho-pedagogy refers to the issues of value and valuation. Specialists in upbringing analyze not so much the values themselves as the valuation. Valuation, in turn, is the subject of professional activity of professionals from upbringing, but also the young people involved in the research evaluate themselves in the context of their existential choices. Autotelic and instrumental values occupy a special place here. This scientific study refers to two realized goals. The first of these is extremely theoretical in nature, because it is about presenting the latest research relating to the autotelic and instrumental values, including in a special way the health values associated with the research of Polish high school youth. The second goal is practical. Its implementation helps to provide people interested in upbringing to the values of the latest research results.
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