Inflated social expectations as a factor in the formation of the delayed life syndrome

   The article examines the idea of inflated socio-cultural expectations as factors contributing to the formation of the delayed life syndrome in modern realities.

   The novelty of the work lies in the fact that the empirical study conducted is one of the few studies devoted to the study of the relationship between the inflated expectations of society and the presence of the delayed life syndrome.

   In the Introduction, the author reviews the relevance of the study, formed by the widespread use of social networks and television, which do not unambiguously affect people's ideas about their own lives. The analysis of various approaches to the problem of delayed life syndrome and the influence of social expectations on a person is given. The empirical object of the study was 100 people of the able-bodied population from 18 to 65 years old without dividing them into groups. This selection was made based on the ideas of this group as a sample of people who have formed life values and goals and who can evaluate their own actions and the influence of public opinion on them. The section "Methods" contains the author's questionnaire, which identifies a person's delayed life syndrome, as well as the presence of signs of an overestimated influence of society on the individual. The Results of the study show a connection between the delayed life syndrome and the existing social expectations of a modern person. In the section "Discussion of th results", the author notes that the delayed life syndrome of one person cannot lead to the emergence of a cult of success and achievement all over the world. Therefore, too high socio-cultural expectations arising from the process of globalization lead to the formation of delayed life syndrome in people.

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