Self-actualization and life purpose orientations of an individual at a mature age in the context of a new reality

E. A. Zaslavskaya; A. V. Kalekina; V. V. Kalekin; E. A. Cherkevich

E. A. Zaslavskaya Omsk Institute of Water Transport, Branch of Siberian State University of Water Transport, Omsk, Russia.
A. V. Kalekina Omsk Institute of Water Transport, Branch of Siberian State University of Water Transport, Omsk, Russia - Omsk State Technical University, Omsk, Russia - Omsk State Pedagogical University, Omsk, Russia
V. V. Kalekin Omsk Institute of Water Transport, Branch of Siberian State University of Water Transport, Omsk, Russia
E. A. Cherkevich Omsk State Pedagogical University, Omsk, Russia

Keywords: Self-actualization, life purpose orientations, reflection, reflexivity, personality, activity, livelihood, self-regulation, maturity, mature age.

Abstract

The paper presents an analysis of the results of an empirical study of the relationship between self-actualization and life purpose orientations of a person at a mature age. The methodological basis of the study consists of the following scientific principles: development and determinism; methodological provisions on the individual as an active subject of life. The theoretical basis of the study is as follows: provisions and ideas on the structure, development, and social determination of the semantic sphere of personality; concepts of values, value-based orientations, and meanings in Russian psychology; theories and concepts of self-actualization of personality; provisions and concepts regarding the characteristics of mature age. In the process of research, the authors used the “Self-Actualization Test” (SAT) method developed by E. Shostrom in the adaptation of Yu.E. Aleshina, L.Ya. Gozman, M.V. Zagik, M.V. Croz, the “Test of life purpose orientations” method developed by D.A. Leontiev, and the “Individual measure of reflexivity” method developed by A.V. Karpov. Self-actualization is considered as a continuous process of self-expression, self-assertion, and self-development of the individual. Life purpose orientations are defined as the result of a person’s own life awareness. The main components of life in men and women of mature age are the life goals, the process of life, interest and emotional intensity of life, the result of life, or satisfaction with self-realization, the “I locus of control”, the “life locus of control”. The practical significance of the study consists in the fact that the obtained results can be used in the diagnosis of life purpose orientations and self-actualization of a person of a mature age in the work of psychologists or acmeological services, as well as in group and individual counseling. The data obtained can be used as a basis for developing programs for psychocorrective and developmental work involving people of mature age in the formation of life purpose orientations, development of self-actualization, the achievement of their potential in all spheres of life.

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Author Biographies

E. A. Zaslavskaya, Omsk Institute of Water Transport, Branch of Siberian State University of Water Transport, Omsk, Russia.

Omsk Institute of Water Transport, Branch of Siberian State University of Water Transport, Omsk, Russia.

A. V. Kalekina, Omsk Institute of Water Transport, Branch of Siberian State University of Water Transport, Omsk, Russia - Omsk State Technical University, Omsk, Russia - Omsk State Pedagogical University, Omsk, Russia

Omsk Institute of Water Transport, Branch of Siberian State University of Water Transport, Omsk, Russia

Omsk State Technical University, Omsk, Russia

Omsk State Pedagogical University, Omsk, Russia

V. V. Kalekin, Omsk Institute of Water Transport, Branch of Siberian State University of Water Transport, Omsk, Russia

Omsk Institute of Water Transport, Branch of Siberian State University of Water Transport, Omsk, Russia

E. A. Cherkevich, Omsk State Pedagogical University, Omsk, Russia

Omsk State Pedagogical University, Omsk, Russia

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