Multifaceted Structure Research Articles

Latent Profiles of Test Anxiety: Considering its Multi-Faceted Structure

Test anxiety is negatively related to academic performance. Using latent profile analyses, groups of test anxious university students considering four facets of test anxiety (emotionality, cognitive interference, worry, and lack of confidence) were identified. Four profiles differed mainly in the level of anxiety yet showed similar patterns across the facets, a fifth profile however showed a remarkably low level of interference. In a highly test anxious subsample that was examined separately, another profile emerged, being characterized by surprisingly high confidence. Lower test anxiety was generally associated with better achievement, yet for the highly test anxious profiles, different cognitive facets were differentially related to performance. Identifying differential test anxiety profiles in the pedagogical-clinical relevant area can be important for conceptualizing interventions.

Rethinking the Implications of the Patriarchic System of Male Dominance and Female Subordination in the Twenty First Century

The ideology and practice of patriarchy and female dominance in the twenty first century constitute a major impediment to women’s enhancement and progress. This study unveils the origins, meanings, nature, implications, and perspectives of patriarchic societies on the female gender and how these aspects influence their attitudes and development. Various forms of economic, political, social, and religious discrimination were generated against women from the past decades till present day. The forms of domination range from male children preference to female children, household chores, food distribution, unequal educational opportunities, wife battering, sexual harassment, discrimination on inheritance issues and ownership of property such as lands, houses, titles. It explores the experiences of women considered as victims of patriarchy and subordinates to men. It is of primordial necessity to understand why and how female domination and subordination manifests in order to ensure women’s development systematically. Feminism could be understood from varied view points since there exist a multifaceted structure of feminisms. Feminism motivates and rekindles the anxiety for one to develop more interests on how female power mongers, especially, manifest their desires to occupy posts of responsibility, politically, socially, culturally, historically, and even economically. In brief, it balances the perennial needs, theoretical frameworks and creates a more enabling environment for the understanding and functioning of various structures of the society in a gendered pattern, since it advances from theory to practice. Patriarchy is one of the setbacks for women’s progress in the society, since it guarantees absolute power for men in particular and establishes an inferior status for the female gender as a whole.

О МЕТОДОЛОГИИ ЮРИДИЧЕСКОЙ НАУКИ

The interest to the stated topic is stipulated by the combination of several circumstances: the experience of scientific guidance of graduate students, long-term participation in the work of the dissertation council and the development and teaching (for over ten years) a special course for undergraduates “The History and Methodology of Legal Science”. The reason for writing this article was the increase of the requirements of the State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles for the structure of the abstract in the section “Methodological basis of the study”. First of all, the emphasis is on the need to specify each of the known methods used by the dissertator. This provision is perceived only as a signal, a call to increase the attention of the academic community to the methodology of the research. The author of the article analyzes the development of primarily domestic specialists (theorists, criminologists and civil law scholars) in historical terms. In the structure of methodology, along with the traditional elements (methods), some relatively new ones are distinguished, which are part of the academic terminology, such as construction and generalization. As a tool for cognition of law, generalization is found in the abstracts of criminologists but can be quite appropriate and functional in a private law doctrine (“legal nature”, legal regime, etc.). The article pays attention to the objects of copyright for works of legal science, analyzes the updated copyright legislation. The need for clearer regulation of the legal status of such subjects as a scientific supervisor, a scientific editor, a scientific consultant, an opponent, and a reviewer is substantiated. Examples from the practice of copyright disputes arising in connection with the uncertainty of the legal status of the parties to a trial are given. The private law doctrine in recent decades draws attention to the ambiguous understanding of the concept of “legal nature”. The positions of scientists are different, and there is no special theoretical study yet. Civil law will satisfy any theory; the variety of plots is inexhaustible. However, it would be nice to agree at least on the main parameters, preferably at the monographic level. The understanding of the legal nature proposed by S.S. Alekseev could be the starting point: “The legal nature is a legal characteristic of this phenomenon expressing its specificity, place and functions among other legal phenomena in accordance with its social nature.” The generally multifaceted structure of the legal nature of the phenomenon in question seems acceptable. For example, when characterizing a contractual obligation, it is necessary to present it both as a transaction and as a legal relationship. The system of norms governing the relevant relations must also be qualified (branch, institute, etc.). The state of science, in one way or another, requires study and evaluation. Perhaps there is an “academic discipline” within the curriculum and this circumstance also reflects the legal nature.

Kavram ve Kurum Olarak İslam Ailesi ve Tarihsel Epistemolojisi

Family is one of the first and most basic institutions, although it’s different in style and function, that have survived from primitive formations to developed societies has. The history of the family actually starts with the history of the human. The family, which is a social institution, is also in the field of interest of other sciences that affect it. Family as a word is used in Turkish in the same way as in Arabic. Defining the family as a concept is quite complex. The multifaceted structure of the family affects the way it is discussed and examined. From this perspective, it is seen that the norms and the principles about the family are actually directly related to one’s perception of person. “Islamic Family” is determined by revelation and the principles put forward by the Prophet and the living examples of these principles in actual life. When we look at the basic Islamic references, marriage, which is the basis of the family, is accepted as the only legitimate relationship that allows men and women to create a space of privacy and sharing that we can establish and contribute to the continuation of the human race.The spread of human knowledge and traditions throughout the historical process and the study of this process are called “historical epistemology”. In this article, the interaction of the Islamic Family in social, political, cultural, religious, and economic fields and these effect on tradition are examined in the context of "Historical epistemology", which is an applied epistemology. The idea of family and the production of knowledge within this framework, the development of this knowledge and its presentation to humanity, and its change in the historical process have been discussed.

L’obsolescenza dell’art. 603-bis c.p. e le nuove forme di sfruttamento lavorativo

Article 603-bis of the Criminal Code describes the case of exploitation of labour through the so-called indices of exploitation. The use of this innovative contextual typification technique has application limits, since the indices almost exclusively refer to regulatory parameters typical of subordinate labour. A rigid application of these indices therefore risks excluding from criminal protection forms of degradation of work now widespread in various production contexts, when formally the work is not attributable to the case of subordination. In order to overcome this possible gap in protection, there are two alternatives: either disregard the indices with respect to these new forms of exploitation, or assimilate platform work to subordinate work. However, while it is impracticable, from several points of view, to renounce the indices of exploitation, given the low selective capacity of the typical fact referred to in Article 603-bis of the Criminal Code, the possibility of equating platform work with subordination seems less problematic. However, even if the highlighted obstacles were to be considered surmountable by way of interpretation, further difficulties arise with respect to the multifaceted structure of the global enterprise, where it is increasingly difficult to identify a decision-making centre. This obviously poses problems for the attribution of liability, in view of the fact that there is no regulation of criminal liability in groups of companies and no independent criminal case for those who knowingly benefit from degraded work.

RESEARCH OF RUBAS FORTIFICATION in 2020

The article presents preliminary data on the excavations of the Rubas fortification complex in 2020. The archaeological site is located in the lower reaches of the river. Rubas, near the village. Commune of the Derbent region of the Republic of Dagestan, 20 km south-west of the city of Derbent.
 The monument was discovered in 2014 by local residents. The work on its research is carried out by the Rubass archaeological expedition of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the DPhIC RAS ​​(head of the expedition LB Gmyrya).
 In 2014, 2016–2018 four military engineering structures were identified and investigated: 1) an arched tower structure; 2) stone wall No. 1, attached to the arched structure from the north; 3) monumental stone defensive wall No. 2, oriented in the south-north direction (28 m section was explored); 4) stone wall no. 3, attached to wall no. 2 from the east, oriented west-east (section 5 was investigated).
 The excavations were carried out with the financial support of projects by the RFBR-Dagestan (2014) and RFBR (2016–2018) funds. It was established: 1) the undoubted belonging of the archaeological site on the Rubas River to the monumental defensive structures; 2) a complex, multifaceted structure and layout; 3) a variety of technological methods for laying massive blocks into walls; 4) careful processing of stone blocks; 5) the use of a fastening solution using lime and special brackets for fastening the blocks of the facade part of buildings.
 However, the scale of the Rubas defense complex and the uniqueness of its location at the bottom of the Rubas River valley determine the presence of problematic issues related to the topography and planning of this object.

The multifaceted eukaryotic cap structure.

The 5' cap structure is added onto RNA polymerase II transcripts soon after initiation of transcription and modulates several post-transcriptional regulatory events involved in RNA maturation. It is also required for stimulating translation initiation of many cytoplasmic mRNAs and serves to protect mRNAs from degradation. These functional properties of the cap are mediated by several cap binding proteins (CBPs) involved in nuclear and cytoplasmic gene expression steps. The role that CBPs play in gene regulation, as well as the biophysical nature by which they recognize the cap, is quite intricate. Differences in mechanisms of capping as well as nuances in cap recognition speak to the potential of targeting these processes for drug development. In this review, we focus on recent findings concerning the cap epitranscriptome, our understanding of cap binding by different CBPs, and explore therapeutic targeting of CBP-cap interaction. This article is categorized under: RNA Interactions with Proteins and Other Molecules > Protein-RNA Recognition RNA Processing > Capping and 5' End Modifications Translation > Translation Mechanisms.

Safeguarding a global seed heritage from Syria to Svalbard.

Crop diversity underpins food security and adaptation to climate change. Concerted conservation efforts are needed to maintain and make this diversity available to plant scientists, breeders and farmers. Here we present the story of the rescue and reconstitution of the unique seed collection held in the international genebank of International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Syria. Being among the first depositors to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, ICARDA managed to safety duplicate more than 80% of its collection before the last staff had to leave the genebank in 2014 because of the war. Based on the safety duplicates, ICARDA since 2015 have rebuilt their collections and resumed distribution of seeds to users internationally from their new premises in Morocco and Lebanon. We describe the multifaceted and layered structure of the global system for the conservation and use of crop diversity that enabled this successful outcome. Genebanks do not work alone but in an increasingly strengthened and experienced multilateral system of governance, science, financial support and collaboration. This system underpins efforts to build sustainable and socially equitable agri-food systems.

Profiling Chinese EFL students' technology-based self-regulated English learning strategies.

This article reports the development and validation of an instrument, the Technology-Based Self-Regulated English Learning Strategies Scale (TSELSS), in terms of its multifaceted structure of self-directed use of technology in English learning among Chinese university EFL students. TSELSS was developed through a three-phase process, focusing on the domain of self-regulated English learning in technology-assisted conditions. The first phase involved the generation of an item pool, the second a pilot study (N = 164) aimed at identifying the factor structure of TSELSS using exploratory factor analysis, and the third an examination of the psychometric properties of the revised TSELSS using confirmatory factor analysis with another independent sample of students (N = 525). Furthermore, the concurrent validity of TSELSS was investigated through correlations with students’ English language self-efficacy and English learning outcomes. The final version of the scale is made up of five types of technology-based self-regulated English learning strategies: motivational regulation strategies, goal setting and learning evaluation, social strategies, technology-based English song and movie learning, and technology-based vocabulary learning. The TSELSS can be used as an evaluation tool to appraise EFL students’ technology-based self-regulated English learning experience, and as a research tool to investigate more associations between technology-based self-regulated strategic English learning and other contextual and learner individual factors.

FOUNDATION OF NOMADIC LIFE

In this article, in the context of identifying the content of a new little-known historical source, the features of the life of the Kazakh pastoralist society at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries are revealed. The revealed material is a collection of statistical data that allow to reveal the characteristic features of the nomadic life of Kazakhs in the specified chronological framework from the point of view of scientific analysis conducted by contemporary researchers of the socio-cultural processes under consideration. The identified historical source, according to the author, is a unique and undoubtedly of scientific interest material scientifically substantiating the numerous laws of Kazakh society. Due consideration is given to its aspects, such as traditions, customs, ways of farming, economic, ethnographic, geographical relationships and a number of others. The revealed material allows us to take a new look at the multifaceted structure of Kazakh nomadic life and, in contrast to the established opinion, to state the original author's view of the significance of various types of livestock in the life of the indigenous population and their relationship and mutual relationship.

A Multivariate Study of Human Mate Preferences: Findings from the California Twin Registry

Much research examining the biological and social-cultural underpinnings of human mate preferences has focused on univariate or bivariate analyses of demographic variables and personality constructs. In this paper, we argue that a multivariate approach more effectively highlights the multifaceted structure and correlates of human mate preferences. To support this claim, we applied several multivariate techniques to data from a large adult sample to (1) examine the major dimensions underlying individual differences in mate preferences, and (2) elucidate how these preferences relate to individual differences in personality. An exploratory factor analysis of an omnibus mate preference questionnaire yielded a 14-factor solution with dimensions mirroring trends in evolutionary psychology and the Big Five personality framework. An inter-battery factor analysis of these dimensions paired with higher-order personality factors provided strong support for the “likes attract” model of partner preferences. Bootstrap confidence intervals for all factor loadings highlighted the robustness of our results.

The relationship between cooperative and competitive behavioral tendencies and trust in coworkers

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the relationship between cooperative and competitive behavioral tendencies and trust of coworkers in organizations. Two main hypotheses were developed. The first hypothesis was that cooperativeness and trust in coworkers is positively correlated. The second hypothesis was that competitiveness and trust in coworkers is negatively correlated.Design/methodology/approachThe sample was 442 Turkish tourism sector employees in a labor-intensive industry. Two scales were used to measure trust in coworkers and cooperativeness/competitiveness. A hierarchical regression analysis was performed to understand how individuals' behavioral tendency affects their coworkers' trust in them.FindingsThe findings strongly supported the first hypothesis, in that cooperativeness was positively correlated with trust in coworkers. The second hypothesis was only partially supported because there was no significant relationship between competitiveness and the competency and trustworthiness dimensions of trust. Unselfishness aspect of trust, however, was negatively correlated with competitiveness.Research limitations/implicationsThe main contribution of this study is to show that employee cooperativeness and competitiveness can affect trust in coworker relations. However, the measurement of competitiveness and cooperativeness measurement had limitations due to differences in the culture-specific meanings of cooperation and competition. Future research employing mixed methods research is needed to further explain the content of the two tendencies and the relationship between the concepts.Originality/valueThe literature on trust and employee relations tends to focus more on the issue of trust between managers and subordinates while neglecting the complex and multifaceted structure of trust in employee–employer relations. However, new working forms mean that horizontal relations are increasingly important. Therefore, more research is needed to address the tendencies and structures that affect trust in coworkers. This study draws attention to the potential role of cooperative and competitive behaviors in trust in horizontal employee relations.

Advancing the Study of Positive Psychology: The Use of a Multifaceted Structure of Mindfulness for Development.

Positive psychology, as a distinctive paradigm, focuses on the remedy of pathologies and, by contrast, the promotion of positive experiences and conditions in life (e.g., encouraging a state of flourishing). Positive psychology, in its simplistic form, may provide evidence and insightful understanding into the proactivity of human agency (Seligman, 1999; Seligman and Csíkszentmihályi, 2000). Drawing from this emphasis, we have developed the theory of optimization, which attempts to explain the achievement of optimal functioning in life (e.g., optimal cognitive functioning: academic performance). By the same token, in the course of our research development into the theory of optimization, we have also delved into a comparable theoretical orientation, namely: the multifaceted nature of mindfulness, consisting of three interrelated components – the psychological component of mindfulness, the philosophical component of mindfulness, and the spiritual component of mindfulness. This conceptualization of mindfulness is rather unique for its incorporation of both Western and Eastern knowledge, philosophical viewpoints, and epistemologies into one holistic framework. The main premise of this conceptual analysis article is to advance the study of positive psychology by specifically introducing our recently developed model of mindfulness, in this case, the multifaceted structure of mindfulness with its three distinct components. Importantly, we make attempts to highlight the significance of this multifaceted model by situating it within the theory of optimization for academic learning. Using philosophical psychology and personal-based teaching and research reasoning, we provide a valid rationale as to how aspects of our proposed model of mindfulness (e.g., reaching a state of enlightenment) could act to facilitate and optimize a person’s state of functioning (e.g., cognitive functioning). Moreover, we posit that our rationale regarding mindfulness as a potential “optimizing agent” for the purpose of optimal functioning could, indeed, emphasize and reflect the salient nature of positive psychology. In other words, we contend that an explanatory account of mindfulness from the perspectives of Confucianism and Buddhism could, in this analysis, coincide with and support the meaningful understanding and appreciation for the study of positive psychology in educational and non-educational contexts. We conclude the article by exploring the complex issue of methodology – that is, for example, how would a researcher measure, assess, and/or empirically validate the multifaceted nature of mindfulness?

An integrated decision analysis methodology based on IF-DEMATEL and IF-ELECTRE for personnel selection

Due to its complex, time-demanding, and multifaceted structure, personnel selection is considered as a multicriteria decision-making problem, the framework of which includes both qualitative and quantitative criteria. Although various techniques have been proposed to address this problem in various industries, a robust methodology that is capable of explicitly considering the presence of uncertainty/vagueness is still a necessity. Therefore, with this study, we propose an integrated methodology that leverages Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) and Elimination and Choice Expressing the Reality (ELECTRE) methods under Intuitionistic Fuzzy (IF) environment. Within the proposed methodology, firstly, the IF-DEMATEL method is employed to obtain the importance-weights of the elicited criteria, and then the IF-ELECTRE method is formulated and applied to rank the candidates based on cardinal and ordinal evaluations. To illustrate the viability of the proposed methodology, an application case is performed at an air-filter manufacturing company. Hence, this study aims to contribute to the theoretical and practical extent of the related literature by proposing and illustrating an integrated analytics methodology capable of addressing personnel selection decisions in complex and imprecise real-world scenarios.

Intellect is not that expensive: differential association of cultural and socio-economic factors with crystallized intelligence in a sample of Italian adolescents

Current theories of intelligence maintain that intellectual development is the expression of a strict interplay among different cognitive abilities and the environment. Yet, the environment in which the individual develops has often been reduced to a single measure in empirical research, which thus loses sight of its inherent multifaceted structure. This work stems from the need to grasp such multifaceted complexity, by differentiating the associations of cultural and socioeconomic factors with crystallized and fluid intelligence in adolescence. An updated and digitalized version of the Verbal task from the Primary Mental Abilities battery (PMA Verbal) was administered to a large group of Italian adolescents as a measure of crystallized intelligence. Item Response Theory confirmed the good psychometric properties of the test. The relationship among cognitive abilities and the environment was explored through a Network Analysis on measures of crystallized intelligence (PMA Verbal), fluid intelligence (Raven SPM) and various environmental dimensions (socioeconomic status, home possessions, books at home, reading habits). Network Analysis is particularly suited for highlighting the individual role of each variable within such a complex system. Our results illustrated a key role of books at home, which was positively connected to verbal abilities on the one hand and to reading habits on the other, whereas no relationship to fluid intelligence was found. Crucially, these findings were independent of socioeconomic status. This study indicates that a more detailed conceptualization of the environment provides a better understanding of how cognitive abilities develop.

Characterizing the Social Media News Sphere through User Co-Sharing Practices

We describe the landscape of news sources which share social media audience. We focus on 639 news sources, both credible and questionable, and characterize them according to the audience that shares their articles on Twitter. Based on user co-sharing practices, what communities of news sources emerge? We find four groups: one is home to mainstream, high-circulation sources from all sides of the political spectrum; one to satirical, left-leaning sources; one to bipartisan conspiratorial, pseudo-scientific sources; and one to right-leaning, deliberate misinformation sources. Next, we measure which assessments of credibility, impartiality, and journalistic integrity correspond to social media readers' choices of news sources, and uncover the multifaceted structure of the social news sphere. We show how news articles shared on Twitter differ across the four groups along linguistic and psycholinguistics measures. Further, we find that with a high degree of accuracy (∼80%), we can classify in what news community an article belongs to. Our data-driven categorization of news sources will help to navigate the complex landscape of online news and has implications for social media platform maintainers to reliably triage questionable outlets.

The Intersection of Self and Social Identity in Heritage Brand Destination

The recognition from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on heritage tourism draws destination tourists both international and local. Lenggong Valley (LV) is well-known with the Perak Man and archaeological sites. Since its discovery and inscription as one of the UNESCO world heritage sites in 2012, relevant planning has been established to develop the area as part of tourism destinations in Malaysia. Developing a brand destination is intricate in view of its multifaceted structure and multiple stakeholders with different interests that a destination possessed. The early stage for the identification of destination-brand identity is crucial in ensuring the involvement of its stakeholders, particularly the residents. The key reason offered by most of the literature reviews for destination branding is, this group plays important role in providing destination experiences to the tourists. The focus of this research is to give an overview and discuss how the self and social identity that underlie resident’s evaluation are intersected, which affects their interpretation on destination-brand identity. Adopting qualitative method and guided by the stakeholder and social identity theories, the data collection was conducted in two phases – (i) in-depth interviews; and (ii) focus group interview (FGI). The participants were purposively selected consisting of the headmen and some representatives of the female residents to represent the residents’ perspectives. Data was analysed using the 6-step thematic analysis. The findings revealed that residents’ conceptualization of the Lenggong Valley World Heritage Site’s identity revolves around the intersection between their self and social identities. Keywords: Heritage tourism, stakeholders, destination branding, brand identity, social identity theory.

Determination of Tourism Education Perceptions and Problems of Foreign Students: A Research on Giresun University

tamamlamak ve geliştirmek isteyen insanların farklı ülkelere bu amaçla gittikleri görülmektedir. Özellikle son yıllarda bu sayının arttığı ve çok sayıda yabancı öğrencinin birçok farklı ülkede eğitim aldığı belirlenmiştir. Giresun Üniversitesi de çok sayıda yabancı öğrencisi olan ve yabancı ülkelerden eğitim amaçlı olarak öğrenci kabul eden üniversitelerden biridir. Üniversite de turizm alanında eğitim alma amaçlı olarak gelmiş olan öğrencilerin önemli sayıda olduğu bilinmektedir. Bu yabancı öğrencilerin Giresun Üniversitesinde aldıkları turizm eğitimi hakkındaki görüşleri hem mevcut eğitim hakkında genel bir bilgi sunacak hem de eğitimin durumu ile ilgili tespitlerde bulunulmasını sağlayacaktır. Araştırmanın temel amacı, üniversitelerde verilen turizm eğitiminin yabancı öğrenciler tarafından nasıl algılandığının belirlenmesi ve turizm eğitimi ile ilgili olarak eksikliklerin tespit edilmesidir. Bu şekilde, yabancı öğrencileri için turizm eğitimi algılamalarına yönelik olarak iyileştirmeler yapılması da mümkün olacaktır. Araştırma da öğrenci algılamalarının belirlenmesinde kelime ilişkilendirme testi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Giresun Üniversitesinde eğitim alan 65 öğrenci bulunduğu belirlenmiş ve tüm öğrencilere kelime ilişkilendirme testine yönelik olarak anket uygulanmıştır. Analizler sonucunda okul, iş ve meslek kavramlarının en çok tekrar edilen kelimeler olduğu belirlenmiştir. Yabancı öğrencilerin turizm eğitimi algılarının bilinç düzeylerinin yeterli düzeyde olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

The implications of unconfounding multisource performance ratings.

The multifaceted structure of multisource job performance ratings has been a subject of research and debate for over 30 years. However, progress in the field has been hampered by the confounding of effects relevant to the measurement design of multisource ratings and, as a consequence, the impact of ratee-, rater-, source-, and dimension-related effects on the reliability of multisource ratings remains unclear. In separate samples obtained from 2 different applications and measurement designs (N₁ [ratees] = 392, N₁ [raters] = 1,495; N₂ [ratees] = 342, N₂ [raters] = 2,636), we, for the first time, unconfounded all systematic effects commonly cited as being relevant to multisource ratings using a Bayesian generalizability theory approach. Our results suggest that the main contributors to the reliability of multisource ratings are source-related and general performance effects that are independent of dimension-related effects. In light of our findings, we discuss the interpretation and application of multisource ratings in organizational contexts. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

Конфликт как эстетический принцип и психологический феномен в процессе музыкального творчества

Research objective. The purpose of the work is to specify the features and key components of the conflict, understood as an aesthetic principle and psychological phenomenon, as the basis for the special psychological tension to be born, that distinguishes the performance of outstanding musicians. The methodology determined by the use of phenomenological and psychological methods to identify the specifics of the conflict in the process of musical intonation, the method of systemic and structural analysis in order to identify the multifaceted structure of artistic phenomena forming the basis of tension in musical performance as well as the method of generalization in conclusions. These methodological approaches make it possible to examine the conflict as the basis of the process of musical performance, an aesthetic principle and a psychological phenomenon. The scientific novelty is presented in the expansion of approaches to the study of conflict as an aesthetic principle and psychological phenomenon in the process of musical creative activity; in deepening the psychological approach when studying the process of musical performance; in attracting the specifics of conducting, which is fundamentally important for a concert-performing pianist. Conclusions. Owing to the analysis carried out, we can conclude that conflict as an aesthetic principle and psychological phenomenon is an important component of musical performance, which can reveal the essence of music as an “ever-changing contradiction” (A. Losev), as a conflict of multidirectional vectors (I. Braudo). This phenomenon has a complex and multifaceted structure, which creates a special energetic tension (both in the sounding and non-sounding space) in musical intonation, subjected to the will of the musician-performer. The study of the conflict nature as an important component enables the performer not only to comprehend the peculiarities of the performing character of outstanding musicians, but also to deepen their own understanding of the musical language and the secrets of performing skills.