Self-actualizing Personality Research Articles

Формирование характеристик самоактуализирующейся личности у студентов медицинского вуза

<p>Improving the quality of physician training includes the development of professionally important qualities during the period of study at a university. Psychological and pedagogical support for medical university students has not been sufficiently developed and is rarely implemented. The work is aimed at studying the formation of the qualities of a self-actualizing personality among medical university students. The authors developed and substantiated a model of psychological and pedagogical support for the formation of a complex of personal protective skills for future doctors. The authors presented the results of an empirical study obtained on a sample of 180 5th year medical university students with specialties in General Medicine and Dentistry (90 people – experimental group participating in the experimental program, 90 people – control group). The researchers used the self-actualization test technique of E. Shostrom in adaptation of L.Ya. Gozman and M.V. Crozat. The results obtained indicate that indicators of the characteristics of a self-actualizing personality change statistically significantly after participation in the experimental program. These studies can be used as an effective means of professional development for future and practicing doctors.</p>

Self-actualization in Postcolonial Novel: A Study on V. S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas

The aims of this study are to unfold the characteristics of self-actualization as reflected in A House for Mr. Biswas, a novel by V.S. Naipaul and to measure the range to which Mr. Biswas as a postcolonial character succeeded to reach to self-actualization. Self-actualization is a postcolonial term which indicates the desire to achieve one’s greatest potentials. The study has used the theory of Abraham Maslow who describes his concept of self-actualization in his theory of Hierarchy of Needs. The approach of this study is qualitative. V. S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas is a representative one among the postcolonial novels which possesses major aspects of postcolonial literature. Mr. Mohun Biswas, the protagonist of the novel successfully reach the level of self-actualization although he has some limitations. Mr. Biswas carries the significant aspects and features of a self-actualizing person.

Психологічне благополуччя особистості

Background. The relevance of the study of the psychological well-being of an individual is due to the need to clarify the content, characteristics and criteria of this phenomenon, as well as to identify a functional model of the psychological well-being of an individual based on the theoretical analysis of the works of scientists and own research. The purpose of the article is to determine the essence, structure and factors of a person's psychological well-being. To find out the nature of the phenomenon of psychological well-being; describe the main criteria of psychological well-being; analyze the characteristics of psychological well-being. Methods. To achieve the goal, such scientific methods were used as: analysis, comparison, substantiation, generalization, systematization of theoretical and practical material on psychological well-being. Results. Considered examines the phenomenon of psychological well-being of an individual as an integrative formation, which manifests itself in the degree of focus on the fulfillment of the main components of positive human functioning, subjectively perceived as satisfaction with oneself and one's life. It has been established that the psychological well-being of an individual is related to his or her value orientations (life goals, life processes, and life efficiency) and vitality. It is shown that psychological well-being is the result of a sense of achievement and success in professional activities, harmony in personal life and attitude towards people. Сonclusions. Psychological well-being and its components help to understand the role of mental health (if we consider health as a component of well-being), its conditions and factors (if we consider a healthy personality) as a mature, authentic and successful self-actualized person in various areas. Psychological well-being is an indicator of a person's state of health, his social and psychological adaptability and efficiency of functioning.

Self-actualization and subjectivity in young men looking for a new job

The study subject is self-actualization and subjectivity in men looking for work. The purpose of this research is to identify the features of their self-actualization and subjectivity. Such methods of psychodiagnostics as the “SAT” technique by E. Shostrom (adapted by Yu.E. Aleshina et al.); the “URSL” test by M.A. Shchukina were used. Taking into account the main results of the study, the author came to the conclusion that the sample as a whole revealed problematic self-actualization and a fairly high overall level of subjectivity. In 83% of respondents, self-actualization was revealed only by contact. The proportion of men who recognize the values of a self-actualizing personality was 34%. A direct close connection between self-actualization and subjectivity has been established. The field of application of the found results is the social psychology of personality (the data received are important for assessing the socio-psychological readiness of men to promptly solve the problem of employment using intrapersonal resources). Mentioning the prospects of the study, it should be advisable to perform a comparative analysis of data by gender. The results obtained are valuable for practical social psychologists in terms of helping young men who find it difficult to realize their intentions to find a new job due to problematic self-actualization and insufficient subjectivity.

Maslow’s Views on Technology and Culture: A Millennial’s Response to “Toward a Humanistic Biology”

In this article, the author responds to Abraham Maslow’s 1969 article, “Toward a Humanistic Biology,” from their perspective as a millennial-humanistic practitioner and scholar. The article calls attention to Maslow’s perception of the I-Thou relationship and discusses its connection to his perceptions of technology. Maslow’s views on the “superior” human or self-actualizing person are examined from a critical millennial-humanistic lens, and its implications on culture are addressed. The author provides suggestions on how the field of humanistic psychology can advance from the topics explored.

Психолого-педагогические подходы к формированию комплекса профессионально важных качеств личности будущих врачей

Introduction. The relevance of the article is due to the lack of psychological and pedagogical support for the formation of professionally important qualities (PIQ) among medical university students and the requirements imposed on the graduate by the social “order” and the requirements of the professional standard and the Federal State Educational Standard. The purpose of the article is the theoretical and experimental substantiation of approaches to the formation of PIQ of future doctors. Theoretical analysis. The author has carried out a theoretical analysis of approaches and conducted an experiment on their implementation within the framework of approbation and implementation of a model for the formation of a complex of professionally important personality traits of future doctors. As part of the complex of PIQ, groups of personal qualities, characteristics of a self-actualizing personality, volitional properties and value orientations necessary for the effective work of a doctor are identified. Empirical analysis. The use of different approaches in various forms and methods of educational and psychocorrective work allowed to improve the indicators of the complex of PIQ of the future doctor. The analysis of changes in the obtained indicators after participation in the experimental program was carried out by methods of mathematical statistics. Conclusion. The data allowed us to evaluate the effectiveness of the application of personality-oriented, competence-based, axiological and activity-based approaches within the framework of the model of the formation of the PIQ of the future doctor, which finds its practical application in the training of medical students.

ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ САМОРЕАЛИЗАЦИИ ЖЕНЩИН, ПЕРЕЖИВШИХ КРИЗИС СЕРЕДИНЫ ЖИЗНИ

In a global crisis, it becomes more difficult to cope with personality crises. Women are increasingly faced with stress in the workplace, the work is becoming more difficult, the likelihood of wrong decisions is growing, conflict situations are provoked and, as a result, this affects the results of the organization as a whole, so there is a need to more actively study the issue of professional self-realization of women in the period mid life. The purpose of this study was to identify the psychological characteristics of professional self-realization in women who have experienced a mid-life crisis. The study involved 52 women. The age of the respondents is from 35 to 45 years, which corresponds to the period of middle life. The sample was divided into two subgroups of 26 women who experienced a professional crisis and 26 women who experienced other crises. Most women have an average work experience of 10 years, almost half of the respondents combine work with childcare. To study the psychological characteristics of professional self-realization in women who experienced a mid-life crisis, the following methods were used: the Methodology “Development Crises” by Petryavskaya L.G.; the Test of meaningful life orientations (MLO) by James Crumbo and Leonard Maholik, adapted by Leontiev D.A.; S elf-actualization test (SAT), a variant of the Russian-language adaptation of Shostrom's self-actualization test (adapted by Aleshina Yu.E., Gozman L.Ya., Zagika M.V. and Kroz M.V.); a Short form of Jones and Crandall's Personal Orientation Questionnaire; Methodology "Type and level of professional self-realization" Gavrilova E.A.). In the static processing of the results, descriptive statistics methods and the U-Mann Whitney non-parametric statistical test were used. Statistical data processing was carried out using the STATISTICA 10 software package. The study found that both groups of women note the presence of a large number of problems associated with the professional sphere, such as loss of meaning in work and adaptation to the profession. The main components diagnosed during the analysis were: a feeling of fatigue from work and dissatisfaction with self-realization in work. The process of overcoming the crisis is difficult, regardless of what caused it. The main chosen ways to overcome the crises were: friends, family, children, travel and work, as well as changing the type of activity. Turning to a specialized specialist to solve problems related to crises turns out to be the least popular. Women who have experienced a professional crisis tend to live in the past, they have dissatisfaction with their lives, lack of interest in what is happening around, lack of pleasure from the work performed, lack of desire to set and achieve new goals. In women who have experienced a professional crisis, the resource component of professional self-realization is expressed, which is designed to ensure its procedural side, and non-reflective (imaginary) professional self-realization is expressed. Women in both groups are prone to the qualities of a self-actualizing personality, but at the same time, women who experienced a professional crisis showed weaker aspects of self-acceptance, but at the same time, the ability to concentrate on a given problem compared to women who survived other crises.

ВЗАЄМОЗВ’ЯЗОК СТРАТЕГІЙ ПСИХОЛОГІЧНОГО ЗАХИСТУ ТА САМОАКТУАЛІЗАЦІЙНИХ ПРОЦЕСІВ У ЗДОБУВАЧІВ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ

The article highlights and analyzes the main results of the study of the peculiarities of the interrelation between strategies of psychological protection and self-actualization processes of students of higher education. The theoretical analysis of the problem made it possible to determine that the activation of psychological protection is caused by a situation of conflict, trauma, stress, its purpose is to reduce emotional tension, prevent disorganization of behavior, consciousness, psyche. All defense mechanisms have two general characteristics: they operate at an unconscious level and are therefore means of self-deception; they distort, deny, transform, or falsify perceptions of reality to make the anxiety less threatening to the individual. Self-actualization is defined as the process of self-development of the individual, the transformation of a person into a subject of his own life activity. It is inseparable from the process of reflection, which accompanies all components of personal growth: self-understanding, self-sympathy, values, meanings, etc. The success of a specialist, in addition to special knowledge, abilities, skills, is related to personal characteristics, the desire for self-development, self-actualization. Establishing himself in the profession, the individual achieves self-actualization. The results of the study showed that the prevailing mechanisms of psychological protection among students of higher education are: projection, compensation and denial. Among the parameters of a self-actualizing personality, the following are expressed: contact, autosympathy, orientation in time; pronounced self-actualization tendencies: orientation in time, self-respect, self-acceptance, acceptance of aggression, contact. Among the types of psychological defenses that have the greatest influence on the process of self-actualization of the individual, substitution and projection are highlighted. Key words: psychological protection, self-actualization, student of higher education.

Distance learning for primary school studends of musical art

The article deals with the self-actualizing personality of a younger student in the conditions of distance learning and the development of skills of self-motivation, self-esteem, self-correction in the development of musical art. The relevance of the topic is connected with the challenges of modernity. The purpose of the article is to quantify the qualitative indicators of the level of self-actualization in the distance learning of musical art. The task of the study is to calculate the coefficient of correlation indicators, which are conducted with a time amplitude, where the tests of SAT Shostrom, A. Panchenko, M. Rosenberg, A.V. Zverkov's test questionnaire, E.V. Eidman are used. The novelty of the work consists in combining musical art from the point of view of the psychology of learning in a distance format, where knowledge is transmitted by other teaching methods.

Socio-Philosophical Analysis of the Spiritual and Moral Potential of the Individual

Introduction. In the rapidly changing conditions of modern life, only a person who realizes his spiritual and moral potential is able to act outside the box, make quick decisions in conditions of risk, and take responsibility when solving especially difficult group and intergroup problems. In this regard, it is highly relevant to carry out a conceptual analysis of the concept of spiritual and moral potential and study its influence on the integral process of self-realization of the individual. The purpose of the article is to examine the spiritual and moral potential of an individual as the basis of his self-realization in the contradictory conditions of Russian society. Materials and Methods. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study was the cultural-historical approach, the activity approach, the normative-value concept of social action, the epigenetic theory of personality development by E. Erickson, the theory of social attitude, the humanistic approach. The transdisciplinary approach allowed the metatheory of various scientific disciplines to be generalized by philosophical judgments. Results. Spiritual and moral potential is a phenomenon, the consideration of which is possible under the condition of combining secular and philosophical-religious paradigms that explore their side of a single being. Spiritual “something” penetrates into the deep and potential, manifesting itself in the form of an essential spiritual force that allows a person to self-realize their potential. Spiritual and moral potential becomes a realizing essential principle that creates a spiritual basis for the existence of an individual and society. In the socio-cultural space, determined by moral norms, the potential and the mental, the spiritual and the moral are combined, the dichotomies of the internal and the external are removed, the personality is self-determined, and, identifying with the spiritual, reaches the heights of being. Discussion and Conclusions. Of great importance is the need for Russians to return to the origins of their civilization, the basis of which is the essential spiritual, which actualizes the spiritual and moral potential and reproduces the spiritual and moral models of behavior, which are psycho-protective mechanisms for regulating life, the basis of the cultural security of the people. In this regard, in Russia it is necessary to create a spiritual resource space that contributes to the actualization and self-realization of the spiritual and moral potential of the individual and the formation of a new type of personality – a “self-actualizing person” who achieves transcendence, overcomes crises by integrating all aspects of life.

Psychological characteristics of single women in early adulthood

The subject of the study was the psychological characteristics of single women with different types of loneliness experiences during early adulthood. The empirical object of the study was a sample of women aged 18 to 44 years in the number of 126 people who were not in a relationship, which were divided into three groups depending on age: 40 people from 18 to 27 years, 66 people from 28 to 36 years and 20 people from 37 to 44 years. Within the framework of the research program, methods were used to diagnose the level and type of loneliness experienced and psychological characteristics. Pearson correlation analysis and the Kraskel-Wallis criterion were used to process the data. The materials and conclusions based on them add to the scientific arsenal of knowledge about the psychological characteristics of single women in early adulthood. The main conclusions of the study include the following provisions: 1. Women in early adulthood have a high level of subjective experience of loneliness; 2. The predominant type of loneliness in women in early adulthood is a dissociated type of loneliness; 3. The study participants fall under the criteria of a self-actualizing personality; 4. There is a relationship between the personal characteristics of single women and the types of loneliness experienced 5. Women in the age group from 37 to 44 years are more emotionally stable, active, serene, calm and see life more holistically.

Joint activities and development of the creative potential of the personality of the future specialist

Introduction. Achieving a qualitatively new state of society largely depends on the formation of the creative potential of young specialists capable of transforming, developing and implementing original solutions to professional and personal tasks, in connection with which the development of mechanisms for the formation of a professional capable of transforming the world and oneself seems to be very relevant. The authors propose to organize joint activities to solve creative problems in the form of a system of training sessions for the development of the creative potential of the personality of students. Materials and methods. The study involved 200 junior students of Volgograd universities, boys and girls aged 18-20 years, humanitarian and natural science areas of training. The main statistical calculations were performed using the analysis of nonparametric data using the chi-square test for the analysis of frequency differences, as well as using the statistical Mann-Whitney U test. The results of the study. Statistically significant significant differences were revealed according to the Mann-Whitney U-test (at p <0.05) between the values of the scales of the experimental and control groups of students according to the following indicators: the index of verbal originality (p = 0.033); the index of verbal uniqueness (p = 0.026); the number of responses produced (p = 0.008); striving for creativity and creativity (p = 0.026), expert assessment of creative potential (p = 0.041). The diagnostic indicators allowed us to conclude that students in the humanitarian areas of training more often demonstrate a high level of originality and productivity of verbal constructions, they are characterized by the spontaneity inherent in a self-actualizing personality. Students of natural science areas of training are more often looking for new ways of thinking, they have a more pronounced desire for self-development. Conclusions. Purposeful, organized joint activities in the form of training aimed at the formation of knowledge, skills and abilities of collective solution of creative problems, has shown effectiveness in solving the problem of developing the creative potential of future specialists.

ВІДМІННОСТІ СУБ’ЄКТИВНОГО ДОСВІДУ ПІКОВИХ ПЕРЕЖИВАНЬ ТА ГІПОМАНІЇ: ФЕНОМЕНОЛОГІЧНЕ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ З ВИКОРИСТАННЯМ ІНТЕРВ’Ю PEXI

The borderline nature of hypomania may be a cause of widely reported issues with accurate bipolar disorder or recurrent depression differential diagnosis. It is understandable as long as there is a subtle difference between criteria for hypomania and normal (more or less extreme) elevated mood conditions, such as peak experiences of a self-actualizing person. In such cases, there are possibilities for taking one for another that leads both to a false-positive hypomania diagnosis for healthy subjects and subjects suffering from recurrent depression rather than from bipolar disorder, and to a false-negative perception of actual hypomania as just a highly good mood, brilliant efficiency and holistic existential feelings. This paper focuses on the phenomenological study of subjective experiences of such states in groups of healthy individuals with high or moderate self-actualization levels and individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder without comorbidity. A Peak Experiences Interview has been developed to collect phenomenological data for further extraction of substantial features of subjective experiences for both groups. The study shows that the differences in phenomenology of peak experiences and hypomania state encompass various components, such as cognitive, emotional, somatic, behavioural, imaginative, existential. These findings may be used for developing diagnostic manuals and inventories as well as self-monitoring tools for patients and psychoeducational materials. The PEXI itself has shown its capacity for collecting phenomenological data and detecting relatively subtle differences in experiences of various modalities. Nevertheless, it shall undergo more trials with larger samples and cross-validation. Theoretical and practical insights from using such an approach may contribute greatly both in clinical psychology and personality studies.

On the question of lending to individuals with different level of self-actualization

The subject of this research is the indicators of attitude on the lending to individuals with different level of self-actualization. This article examines the differences in attitudes to lending among individuals with different levels of self-actualization. The hypothesis was tested that the higher is the level of self-actualization, the more is the likelihood of referring to constructive ways of coping with the loan debt. For verification of the hypothesis, the article employs the questionnaire “Attitude to Loans” (A. N. Demin, O. V. Kireeva, E. Y. Pedanova), Self-actualization test (SAT) by E. Shostrom (adapted by Y. E. Aleshin, L. Y. Gozman, M. V. Zagika and M. V. Kroz). The link is established between certain indicators of self-actualization, awareness and motiv for lending. It is determined that self-actualizing individuals are willing to render financial assistance in form of loans to others; while individuals with low level of self-actualization are not willing to take on a loan for others. The conclusion is made that the borrowers with low indicators of self-actualization are characterized with low level of self-acceptance, spontaneity and resistance to aggression; they are aware of the experience of relatives and friends in receiving loans; the believe that loan would help them to accomplish their dream in the nearest future and not willing to take on loan to solve other people's problems. In the subgroup of the borrowers with high level of self-actualization correlation is established between the indicators of self-actualization that characterize the peculiarities of worldview and creativity of self-actualizing personality, awareness and motives for lending. The representatives of the subgroup “pseudo-self-actualization” are characterized with low level of creativity and fear to take on loans. The acquired results can be implemented within the framework of correctional and developmental work with the borrowers and debtors.

CREATIVITY AS A SELF-ACTUALIZING PERSON’S CHARACTERISTIC

The article considers creativity as a self-actualizing person’s characteristic. A self-actualizing person is characterised by integral properties that are formed during the process of the person’s self-actualization. They arise from correlations of a wide range of personality traits. The significant characteristics of a self-actualizing person are examined by psychologists working in the field of existential humanism, and different authors mentioned common features of these characteristics. The review of a self-actualizing person’s characteristics described by both foreign and national scientists showed that the universal characteristic of any self-actualizing person, mentioned by all authors, was creativity as a desire for personal growth and the creative ability. Creativity is understood as a mental process (as a synonym for creative (divergent) thinking), as an ability and as a personal characteristic. The most comprehensive understanding of self-actualization and creativity is presented in the humanistic psychological paradigm, where creative potential is considered as a natural tendency to personal balance, mental health and self-actualization. According to A. Maslow, a self-actualizing person is a person who lives a fulfilling life, who has reached personal development corresponding to realization in full of all his/her capabilities. Self-actualizing people use their abilities in full and creatively, experience life satisfaction. Creativity is a fundamental characteristic of human nature, the potential given from the birth to everyone, but most people lose this potential during familiarizing themselves with culture, and only a few are able to preserve it. Creativity does not require special talents or abilities. Creativity is a universal human function that supports all forms of self-expression. Thus, creativity within the framework of self-actualization should be considered as everyday personal creativity– no matter what people do, they do this with a certain attitude, a certain mood that follows from the very nature of their personality. For a person striving for self-actualization, creativity turns into a source of new experience and a driving force for self-development. &nbsp

Spirituality and Resilience Value in Lifelong Learning

The purpose of lifelong learning is the formation and development of personality at different ages, including the period of ageing of the body. That is why the problem of exploring the role of spiritual values and the vitality of the individual in the context of lifelong learning is becoming increasingly important due to the importance of promoting the strengthening of the individual's position in professional activity. Purpose of the article is to identify and analyze the peculiarities of spiritual values and vitality of a person in the conditions of lifelong learning in Ukraine. Spirituality is a religious category. At the same time, spirituality is a social and moral value, the essence of which is the ability to create a humanistic tolerant free world. Resilience is a trait characterized by a measure of overcoming the personality of the given circumstances, a measure of overcoming the personality of oneself. Vital stability is the basis for life-giving, which can be defined as a human activity to create one's own life. In our study involved 62 adolescents, we used the following empirical research methods: the test of the viability of S. Maddy; the SAMOAL questionnaire (by A.V. Lazukin, of M.F. Kalin's adaptation); author's research questionnaire regarding the study of spirituality and spiritual values of the individual.
 It turns out that a person who shares the values of a self-actualizing personality is characterized by being successful in overcoming adversity. A significant direct correlation of a person's spiritual values with his / her vitality and involvement, control and acceptance of risk as "hardy" attitudes was revealed. The vitality of the individual plays an essential role in his continuing education as a basis for social progress. The vitality of the individual can counteract the negative influences of the environment, effectively overcome life's difficulties, transforming them into situations of development; promotes self-actualization of the personality, motivates to self-development, promotes a healthy way of thinking and behaviour.

Humaneness and creativity in the moral development of young people

Humaneness is a manifestation of morals. The present paper discusses the problem of overcoming moral crisis in modern society and analyses the development of humaneness and creativity in the moral development of young people. Features of self-actualizing personality in foreign humanistic psychology do not correspond to the concept of moral personality in domestic psychology. The analysis demonstrated differences in approaches to the concepts of “humaneness” and “creativity”. The empirical study carried out in 2012–2016 involved 992 persons. The obtained results revealed average levels of young people’s humaneness and creativity. Moreover, psychology and pedagogy students and young experts (especially girls) had lower rates of “good” and “evil” functions than respondents in other samples. Hence, moral development and a moral choice between good and evil are especially important in the formation of professionally significant qualities of future pedagogues and psychologists. The data showed (a) the negative correlation among creativity, “good”, and “humaneness factor”, (b) the positive correlation between creativity and “evil”. The development of young people’s creativity decreases the level of moral development by the factor of humaneness.
 The theoretical analysis and the findings from the empirical study of the association between humaneness and creativity established the necessity of critical understanding of foreign humanistic psychological propositions, because of their contradiction with the person’s realization of enduring universal moral principles and norms. The formation of the ability to assess what is going on according to the criteria of humaneness is required to support the personal development of young people.

Creativity and intelligence: A link to different levels of human needs hierarchy?

The relationship between creativity and intelligence has been intensely studied, but still is not clearly understood. Here, we aimed to investigate how creativity and intelligence are related to the different levels of human needs hierarchy. 342 participants completed a battery of instruments for intelligence and creativity as well as inventories for assessing the human needs satisfaction/frustration and self-actualization. We expected that creativity, as a characteristic of a self-actualized person should be related stronger to self-actualization needs, whereas intelligence should be related stronger to satisfaction/frustration, because of its role for humans' adaptation and survival. Results largely confirm expectations: Intelligence is positively related to lower needs, while creativity measures (divergent thinking, creative achievements and activities) show positive associations with higher levels of human needs. These results might contribute to the scientific debate regarding the distinction and the nature of the difference between intelligence and creativity.

Samoaktualizacja jako istotny wymiar kompetencji zawodowych pedagoga specjalnego

One of the components of a teacher’s professional qualifications is the ability of selfactualization. The objective of the present article was to indicate how self-actualizing process is important in developing special teacher’s competencies. Self-actualization is the highest need in Maslow theory which can be also fulfilled through pedagogical work. Self-actualizing person is characterized by a few traits like spontaneity, comfortable acceptance of self, others, nature, autonomy, fellowship with humanity, non-hostile sense of humor and so on. On the base of these traits the profile of self-actualizing special teachers was created using pedeutological literature. The empirical part of the article is showing the comparison of self-actualization level between special educational needs teachers and regular school teachers. Conclusions showed that there was not any significant difference and the level of self-actualization was above average in both groups of teachers.

Traits of the Self-actualized Personality in the Modern Russian Politicians

The article discusses the possibilities and limitations of the study of such a complex phenomenon as personal self-actualization. A scheme for the analysis of the self-actualizing personality traits in people, whose direct examination is difficult, is presented. The proposed scheme has been tested on example of the study of self-actualizing personality traits in modern Russian politicians (former and current Russian presidents and presidential candidates in the election campaign in 2012).