PSYCHOLOGICAL SPACE AND PERSONAL BOUNDARIES FORMATION AS A FACTOR OF STUDENTS’ PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING

Abstract

The article presents the results of the study of students' psychological space, in particular the levels of sovereignty of personal space in terms of body, territory, things, habits, social ties and values, as well as signs of psychological boundaries: characteristics of their functions and thickness. It has been found that the students’ sovereignty of values is most formed, the sovereignty of things is also at a high level, and the sovereignty of the body is the least formed, which may indicate physical deprivation or at least a tendency to it.
 The psychological well-being of students is studied. It is found that its parameters are characterized by an average level for most respondents, while the overall rate of psychological well-being is low for 2/3 of respondents.
 There are direct and inverse relationships between the parameters of psychological well-being and the characteristics of students’ personal boundaries and space. It is found that the indicators of the sovereignty of psychological space with the characteristics of well-being are interrelated only directly, that is, the formed sovereignty is a condition of well-being feeling, and deprivation of space is a factor of ill-being. Signs of psychological boundaries are also mostly positively related to the well-being. It’s established that only the impermissible and restraining functions of the boundary correlate negatively with the psychological well-being.