Marat Ospanov West Kazakhstan Medical University
Registration number: 0123РК00899, 13/8-21-2715, 18.09.2023.
Scientific supervisor: Knissarina Malika Maksatovna, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology, ORCID: 0000-0002-7350-1768 (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7350-1768), Scopus authors ID: 57192387506 (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57192387506), Researcher ID: Q-6386-2018 (https://publons.com/researcher/1867176/malika-m-knissarina/).
Place of implementation: this scientific project has been implemented at the Department of Psychology of West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University since 2023
Relevance: According to UNICEF Kazakhstan (https://www.unicef.org/kazakhstan/media), the development of an independent, civic personality of youth, the formation of their positive worldview while preserving the national-state identity and cultural originality is recognized as the weakest domain in the Kazakhstan Index Assessment well-being of youth.
In this regard, at the beginning of 2021, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokaiyev, instructed to develop a Youth Development Index for the country: “According to world practice, it is necessary to introduce a youth development index in Kazakhstan. The work of 36 local authorities to implement youth policy will be assessed on the basis of this criterion,” since the well-being of youth is included in the system of state priorities aimed at expanding the opportunities of the younger generation for effective self-realization, successful socialization, as well as the growth of human capital, contributing to the achievement of sustainable social economic development, competitiveness and national security of the country.
The study will expand knowledge in the field of the Youth Well-Being Index, factors contributing to the creation of an attractive environment for active youth with a strong civic position (volunteering, participation in social and professional projects, summer work teams, internships, improvement work, etc.). At the same time, an analysis of the main indicators of the well-being of studying youth using the example of Western Kazakhstan will contribute to the creation of a holistic understanding of the socio-psychological levers that influence the intensive growth of the well-being of studying youth, and, as a result, the identification of an appropriate forecast for the effective course of this process.
Purpose of the study: theoretical justification and identification of socio-psychological opportunities for intensive growth of well-being for effective self-realization and further professional development of students using the example of West Kazakhstan.
Practical significance and novelty: The expected social and economic effect from the results of the implementation of this project is seen in increasing the intensive growth of well-being of the studying youth of Western Kazakhstan, in identifying the conditions necessary for their effective development in the field of youth policy. This study expands knowledge in the field of well-being and development of students, in particular in clarifying the basic concepts of “personal well-being”, “social and psychological well-being of the individual”, “youth well-being index”, “assessment of the well-being of students”, in determining the criteria for the Well-Being Index youth (civic participation, economic opportunity, education, health, information and communications technology, safety and security).
Results obtained for 2023:
1) The essential characteristics and conceptual foundations of the concepts of “personal well-being”, “socio-psychological well-being of the individual”, “youth well-being index”, “assessment of the well-being of studying youth” are analyzed based on the theories of: R. Ryan and E. Deci, self-determination theory, the theory of psychosocial development of D. Havighers, the theory of N. Hartmann, F. Vernon, the sociocultural theory of development of J. Bruner and others. The analysis demonstrates that the Youth Well-Being Index is an important tool for measuring and analyzing the quality of life of young people. Its role is to measure the quality of life of young people, compare between regions and countries, monitor changes in well-being over time and set priorities for the development of policies and programs to support young people. The Index plays an important role in assessing and improving the lives of young people and in shaping effective public policies and programs to support them. The component criteria of the Youth Well-Being Index have been identified: civic participation, economic opportunity, education, health, ICT, safety and security.
2) From 09/26/2023 to 09/30/2023. researchers (Knissarina M.M., Miraleyeva A.I., Syzdykbayeva A.D.) completed an internship and received consultations from foreign scientists at the St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications. prof. M.A. Bonch-Bruevich (St. Petersburg, Russia). The purpose of the internship was to discuss the socio-psychological conditions for the intensive growth of well-being of students in the conditions of professional training at the university.
