Development of psychological culture as a condition for effective personal self-actualization

Galina Veniaminovna Sorokoumova,Grigorii Aleksandrovich Nikonov,Tatiana Evgenevna Egorova,Olga Alekseevna Kostina,Svetlana Alekseevna Tikhonina,G Sorokoumova,T Grob

doi:10.1051/shsconf/202112206001

Galina Veniaminovna Sorokoumova, Grigorii Aleksandrovich Nikonov + Show 5 more

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https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202112206001

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Abstract

The article examines the problem of personal self-actualization through the lens of psychological culture, approaches to the definition of psychological culture are presented, and the struсture of psychological culture and ways of its development are considered. The article reviews the methods that go beyond the activities of educational institutions: volunteer work, social and psychological training, methods of expressive psychotherapy (art therapy, movement and dance therapy, music therapy, and neuroacoustics – sound therapy), etc. Based on the ecopsychological approach, psychological culture is suggested to be defined as a set of actions to create optimal internal conditions for the development and self-modification of the personality, to cultivate a subject of activity capable of taking action, coordinating its activity with the natural, social, spiritual. and moral (value and meaning) foundations of interaction with the surrounding world and oneself. The article analyses the results of the study of the effect of psychological culture on the development of self-actualization of teachers in refresher courses. At the ascertaining and control stages, the level of self-actualization of teachers in the control and experimental groups was assessed using the Self-Actualization Test (SAT). At the formative stage, teachers of the experimental group participated in a program for the development of psychological culture. The ecopsychological approach with principles developed on its basis and the stage-by-stage nature of the development of new mental functions serves as a basis for constructing the technology for implementing the program for the development of psychological culture in specialists. The reliability of the test results and differences in the mean values are assessed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The formative program shows the effective influence of psychological culture development on personal self-actualization.

Highlights

The study involved 300 teachers enrolled in refresher courses in 2020: 150 of them made up the control group (CG) and 150 formed the experimental group (EG)
Statistical analysis of data from before and after the program for the development of psychological culture shows that teachers of the experimental group demonstrate significant differences in value orientations (p
The program for the development of psychological culture implemented with teachers of the experimental group has shown effective influence on personal self-actualization

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Introduction

Theoretical and practical studies highlight the stages of development of professional personality: • the first stage involves the formation of psychological readiness for career choice the main component of which is the formation of the motivational component of psychological readiness for career choice [1]; • the second stage refers to the formation of psychological readiness to master the profession in the process of theoretical education: mastering universal, general professional, and professional competencies, developing one’s personal potential (intellectual, communicative, motivational, emotional and volitional, spiritual and moral) [2]; • the third stage comprises the formation of psychological readiness to realize oneself in the profession in the process of practice, writing a graduate qualification work, and research activity [3] and outside the educational activity in the process of passing psychological training and seminars [4]; • the fourth stage signifies the formation of complete psychological readiness for the profession: a combination of a high level of motivation, creativity, and professional selfactualization [5]. This analysis indicates that professional self-actualization is the most important component of the professional personality.

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