The scientific novelty of this research is to identify the influence of the structure of valuable orientations on the formation of ideas about marriage among adolescent female students. The cross-sectional study involved 419 Caucasian young women aged between 17 to 19 years. Research methods included a bibliographic search, the application of several psych-diagnostic tests, and mathematical and statistical data analysis procedures. The results showed that the idea of an ideal wife is

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... ed by contradictory elements of cognitive and behavioral components among young women with a focus on gnostic and aesthetic values. The established mismatch in the content of the images "Ideal wife" and "I am a future wife" contributes to the development of intrapersonal conflict in the marital sphere for adolescent female students focused on the values of professional self-realization or gnostic-aesthetic values. Ideas about marriage in a group of young women with a focus on the values of personal life differ in the completeness of the formation of the cognitive component. The results show that youth (from 17 to 19 years) is a sensitive period to form complete and harmonious ideas about marriage through the development of family values among young women.