SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL OF THE PERSONALITY OF PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS IN ADOLESCENT AGE

Abstract

The relevance of the study of spirituality is determined by the rapid social transformations and the need of a person to adapt to constant transformations in the conditions of war and peace, which is an important task not only for psychological science but also for the education system and the system of Social Policy. The new challenges of civilization prepare a person for the process of continuous changes, they require the readiness to act, to manifest oneself not only as an active creative subject of one’s own life path but also as a creator of socio-cultural activities, therefore the development of the spiritual potential of the Ukrainian nation determines the prospects of our future. The study of spiritual potential in youth will help to form a clearer picture of the worldview of today’s youth. Methodology. The study was conducted in January 2022. Sample: 60 psychology students of Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University named after Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi, aged 17-21 years. n order to diagnose the spiritual potential, the distribution of the spiritual potential in the substructures of the personality, and the spiritual value orientation of the personality, the methodology “Spiritual potential of the personality” was used (Pomitkin, 2013). Results. The results of the diagnosis of the distribution of spiritual potential in the substructures of students’ personalities show only the dominance of the respondents’ spiritual potential in the communication substructure. Diagnostics of their orientation to spiritual values demonstrate the importance of knowledge and self-knowledge for the research. According to other criteria, a low level of development of the spiritual potential of the person under investigation was determined. The obtained results can be used for further research on the development of the spirituality of young people (in the development of training programs, and psychoeducational programs) and in the psychological counseling of students.