PERSONALITY SELF-DEVELOPMENT NOTION AS THE BASIS OF ITS PROJECTING: FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

Abstract

The paper presents the analysis of the results of the empirical research devoted to the self-development visions of different age and social groups. The conclusion is given in social context and personality activity which determine the importance of self-development and subjective vision of its effectiveness. The paper grounds the idea that the specifics of the social situation of personality development, the context of its functioning play an important role in determining the visions of self-development; the distortion model of development, a narrow range of scenarios, broadcast significant environment limit the identity construction of possible trajectories of self -development. The study of the ideas about the self-development of people belonging to different age groups allowed us to draw conclusions about which resources for designing self-development are used in adolescence and young adulthood, the period of maturity. Overall, the study revealed that the significant resources for designing and performing the selfdevelopment are: its value for the individual, subjective activity, reflexivity, existential responsibility, involvement in a variety of human activities, the availability of appropriate models.