V dannoy knige predstavlen analiz razlichnykh kontseptual'nykh podkhodov otechestvennykh i zarubezhnykh uchyenykh k probleme tsennostnykh orientatsiy lichnosti, dano nauchnoe opredelenie ponyatiyu tsennostnye orientatsii, izuchena struktura tsennostno-orientatsionnogo bloka lichnosti i funktsii tsennostnykh orientatsiy. Vyyavleno vliyanie regional'nykh usloviy zhiznedeyatel'nosti na formirovanie sistemy tsennostnykh orientatsiy sovremennoy uchashcheysya molodyezhi, obshchee i osobennoe v osnovnykh komponentakh tsennostno-orientatsionnogo bloka lichnosti sovremennoy uchashcheysya molodyezhi malykh gorodov Rossii i megapolisa (Moskva). Raskryty prichiny protivorechiya mezhdu tsennostnymi orientatsiyami i real'nym povedeniem sovremennoy uchashcheysya molodyezhi. Sistematizirovany psikhologicheskie usloviya i puti optimizatsii tsennostnykh orientatsiy molodyezhi, razrabotany prakticheskie rekomendatsii. Dannaya kniga daet naglyadnuyu kartinu tsennostnykh orientatsiy molodezhi, chto sposobstvuet razrabotke molodezhnoy politiki, povysheniyu effektivnosti vzaimodeystviya s molodyezh'yu. Kniga prednaznachena dlya prepodavateley psikhologii i pedagogiki, uchiteley, aspirantov, sotsial'nykh rabotnikov, psikhologov i drugikh sub"ektov vozdeystviya na molodezh'.