Niepokój studentów szkół niepublicznych o własną – zawodowo-materialną – przyszłość. Uwarunkowania i konsekwencje
Anxiety of private university students as to financial and professional future: conditions and consequences.

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on anxiety, which appears to be the dominant emotion in contemporary society (the so-called risk society). This is associated with the process of continual change of social values and norms. Individuals undergo numerous life chances in the meritocratic social system, and the lack of clear “instructions” how to reach their life goals leads to uncertainty as to their future. Students feel extra anxiety associated with their professional futures. It is interesting how this emotion (as well as other, positive or ambivalent ones) impacts the students, whether it helps and stimulates them or demobilizes them, disorganizing cognitive process and activities in which they must engage to be successful in a meritocratic social system. Certain theories claim that a level of stress is essential for the emergence of motivation to act, while others argue the opposite, i.e. that only positive attitude leads to success.

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