Religious identity in the semantic self-regulation of youth

The article presents an analysis of the links between religious identity young people and their ideas about meanings life, family, education, work in dynamics (2017-2020), including through connection with choice life strategies (stability /change), behavior patterns (reliability calm / change risk). Based on comparative data two studies, authors draw conclusions ambiguous manifestation self-regulation people. In different periods, it activates both traditional modern meanings. For believers, compared non-believers, love is understood much broader than a man woman more significant as meaning life. Along uncertainty-avoidance attitude inherent during Covid-19 pan- demic, value comfortable among them significantly increased. existential "manifestation one's individuality (self-realization)" "striving for truth", correlated culture, are less valuable believers non-believers. ratio terminal instrumental family practically does not differ but significance mean- ings themselves changes: “love” significant, “need fam- ily” higher. labor also similar. However, characterized by increased importance earnings COVID-19 pandemic. An education shows most pronounced instrumentalization associated to avoid uncertainty this group.