"COMMUNICATIVE DIFFICULTIES OF RUSSIAN AND ARMENIAN ADOLESCENTS: A SOCIOCULTURAL ASPECT"

Abstract

The article presents the results of a cross-cultural study of the communication difficulties of adolescents from Armenia and Russia. The general age-related communication difficulties characteristic of the adolescent stage of ontogenesis were revealed; as well as the sociocultural, differences of the communicative difficulties of Russian and Armenian adolescents. In experiment they were participated 280 adults, two groups aged 14-15 and 16-17 years. The test results were processed according to the statistical formula of the Mann–Whitney U test. Being focused on the context of the situations of communication, respondents described the difficulties encountered in the process of communication with adults and peers.