PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF POPULATION OF MONOPROFILE TOWN OF EUROPEAN NORTH

The article presents results of a psychological study of the population of the monoprofile town of Novodvinsk which, as any monoprofile towns, is a special socio-territorial community. The specificity of this type of settlement gives an opportunity to study psychological well-being in renditions of certain territorial, political, economic and cultural isolation, what, firstly, provides priority of «local» problems in the minds of people; secondly, increases significance of such a factor as psychological well-being of population in monoprofile towns. Most studies of monoprofile towns are connected with research of socio-economic and environmental aspects. But it is also worthwhile noting that problems of psychological well-being, subjective well-being, socio-psychological adaptation and socio-cultural self-determination within the framework of social relations in monoprofile towns have not been studied enough.

psychological well-being, social well-being, subjective well-being, value orientation, social trust, quality of life, monoprofile town