Forms of Activity Preferred by Young People in an Environment at Risk of Social Maladjustment

The aim of the study is to show the forms of activity preferred by young people brought up in a family and local environment at risk of social pathologies. Diagnosis of the activity of young people at risk of social maladjustment in one of the districts of Bytom (the Bobrek district), which after 1989 was particularly affected by transformational changes related to political, social and economic transformations after the fall of communism. The study used the diagnostic survey method and the following techniques: questionnaire, document analysis, observation. The study was conducted among young people over 13 years of age and their teachers, in selected schools located in Bytom. It was found that the family and local environment may limit the forms of activity preferred by young people. The following factors pose a threat to choices in this area: low standard of living, bad example of adults, poverty, unemployment, addictions, loosening of family ties, peer pressure. Young people growing up in a dysfunctional environment can lead to a lack of interests and life aspirations, limited patterns of spending free time, lack of authorities. Young people need the support of educational and assistance institutions in the development of various forms of life activity.