Life competence of modern youth and its life creativity
Authors: DEMCHUK O.O. , LAZARCHUK V.V. 
Published: March 2023

The article reveals the essence of the concept of «life competence of modern youth», as well as analyzes the main factors of this phenomenon, the peculiarities of its course. The leading component of life creation is actualized - it is life competence which is considered in modern psychology as set of knowledge of life laws, abilities to apply them in own life and unique individual experience of the person. The processes of formation of life competence of modern youth, which have their own age, psychological, structural and dynamic patterns, to cover which this study is aimed. However, quite often the course of these processes occurs spontaneously, which can cause various kinds of maladaptation ofmodern youth in society. Life competence as a determinant of self-development, self-realization, self-actualization, life creation is presented. It presupposes the level of development of personal mechanisms corresponding to age possibilities and individual life history, in particular, such as imitation, identification, imitation, empathy, reflection, image of «I», conscience. Competence is closely related to the concepts of «maturity», «readiness to show social activity», «individual lifestyle», the system of values of modern youth. In the state program of modernization of education the competence approach is declared as one of the important conceptual provisions of updating of its maintenance. At the same time, the concept of «vital competence» as one that has an integrative nature and ensures the effectiveness of the functioning of the individual insociety is singled out as central. The educational system of modern society is designed to meet the needs of society in a variety of high-level competencies. Thus, the problem of vital competence of the individual is of interest to various fields of research. The most developed are its pedagogical, socio-psychological, philosophical and sociological aspects. Most of these studies are characterized by an approach to understanding the problem of life skills as part of the creativity of modern youth.The article reveals the essence of the concept of «life competence of modern youth», as well as analyzes the main factors of this phenomenon, the peculiarities of its course. The leading component of life creation is actualized - it is life competence which is considered in modern psychology as set of knowledge of life laws, abilities to apply them in own life and unique individual experience of the person. The processes of formation of life competence of modern youth, which have their own age, psychological, structural and dynamic patterns, to cover which this study is aimed. However, quite often the course of these processes occursspontaneously, which can cause various kinds of maladaptation of modern youth in society. Life competence as a determinant of self-development, self-realization, self-actualization, life creation is presented. It presupposes the level of development of personal mechanisms corresponding to age possibilities and individual life history, in particular, such as imitation, identification, imitation, empathy, reflection, image of «I», conscience. Competence is closely related to the concepts of «maturity», «readiness to show social activity», «individual lifestyle», the system of values of modern youth. In the state program of modernization of education the competence approach is declared as one of the important conceptual provisions of updating of its maintenance. At the same time, the concept of «vital competence» as one that has an integrative natureand ensures the effectiveness of the functioning of the individual in society is singled out as central. The educational system of modern society is designed to meet the needs of society in a variety of high-level competencies. Thus, the problem of vital competence of the individual is of interest to various fields of research. The most developed are its pedagogical, socio-psychological, philosophical and sociological aspects. Most of these studies are characterized by an approach to understanding the problem of life skills as part of the creativity of modern youth.