Professionalism in the hierarchy of young people’s lives according to the value theory

From methodological point of view, high evaluation of professionalism in people′s value hierarchy is considered to be corresponding to the demands of market economy and is required for successful integration of people into the modern social economic environment. Young people – “professionals”, those who have chosenprofessionalism as one of seven most important life priorities, are considered to be a typological group in comparison with the rest of the young people with an aim to determine the share of “the typical” in the life value hierarchies of young people – “professionals”. The results of the survey conducted in Daugavpils region have showed that the typological group of young people – “professionals” is quantitatively rather small; however it has its own specific features, especially when it concerns subjective self-evaluations – these are, as a rule, people who are more satisfied with many aspects of life, more optimistic and more successful. The main life values of young people – “professionals” are equivalent to the typical values of the rest of the young people; however, “professionals” at the same time consider active social lifevalues to be significant ones as well.