In this article the author's original system model of factors of individual commitment to a social community of a country has been introduced. The author suggests that the key factor of the given model is the social-psychological space of an individual represented by a person’s image sphere and meaningful sense forming feelings. The author also introduces the concept of the level of social integration as one of the important parameters of individual commitment to the social community and describes the image-association test and mathematical toolkit of its measurement.
The article gives the results of the research of modern students’ representation about emigration, its motives and qualities of a potential emigrant. Typical modern youth representations about emigration as a successful life and career strategy were found out.
