Youth's Personal Models - Selected Socio-Economic

The aim of study was to inverstgatr the preffered by young peoplr of personal models and factors influencing them. The study was conducted in 1999 and 2011 on the sample of high school students (third class), using questionnaire "personal patterns". The results show that the choice by yuung people of personal models occurs in conjunction with the family, school, theachers, peers and the media. Yuong people from these communities draws behavioral models from the different situations of everyday life, the system of social norms and values. Young people from these communities also draws models of socialization. In particular, the mass media (according to research) is an important and attractive component of the educational environment of youth, presenting different lifestyles and value systems, used by the adolescents.