Sotsiokul'turnaya problematika poiska smysla zhizni rassmotrena avtorom v svyazi s protsessom formirovaniya, vospitaniya i samovospitaniya professional'noy etiki studentov kak budushchikh spetsialistov; osobenno interesoval avtora vopros sozrevaniya tsennostey zdorovogo obraza zhizni i stanovleniya smyslov professional'no-lichnostnoy pozitsii budushchikh pedagogov. Na osnove analiza sotsial'no-pedagogicheskikh usloviy sotsializatsii i vospitaniya starsheklassnikov, sotsial'no-gigienicheskikh pokazateley obrazovatel'noy sredy vydelennykh avtorom trekh tipov srednikh shkol, v knige predstavleny osnovnye bloki smyslozhiznennykh orientatsiy sredi studentov Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo oblastnogo universiteta (ranee MOPI im. N.K.Krupskoy). V khode provedennogo issledovaniya byli polucheny novye, interesnye empiricheskie dannye i sdelany teoreticheskie vyvody, zasluzhivayushchie vnimaniya spetsialistov, zanimayushchikhsya problemoy vospitatel'noy raboty v vuze. Kniga polezna prepodavatelyam kak vysshey, tak i sredney shkoly, a takzhe spetsialistam, rabotayushchim v sfere obrazovaniya vzroslykh, v sisteme povysheniya kvalifikatsii, podgotovki i perepodgotovki kadrov prepodavateley.