Moral behavior of youth in a crisis situation

Trofimova Natalia Borisovna, Goncharenko Elena Semyonovna

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, society is in the stage of alostatic overload - the stressor exceeds individual copying capabilities. Global crisis conditions become a kind of moral test for young people on the stability of their worldview system. The authors of the article systematized in seven groups the specific mechanisms of loosening the psychological construct of moral values in a pandemic; substantiated that moral qualities are the foundation of the triad of psychological health of young people (psychosomatic, mental and spiritual); found that selfish motivation can cause a regression of moral values, but further conclusions require more extensive research, the urgency of which is extremely urgent due to the fact that the rehabilitation of society after a pandemic will depend on the stability of moral values of young people.

Keywords:COVID-19 pandemic, crisis conditions, moral qualities, morality, selfish motivation, psychological health.