Antonov D.D. Features of the dynamic stability of the personality of students-psychologists

The article is devoted to the study of the characteristics of the dynamic stability of the personality of students receiving psychological education (N = 123 respondents). The focus of the work was the study of the relationship between the potential of self-change and the existential fulfillment of the individual. The levels of development and potential of self-change and existential fulfillment in groups of students receiving different education (psychologically and technically) were studied, as well as the analysis of possible connections of the studied constructs. The results obtained when comparing students by the type of education received showed that students receiving psychological education differ from the group receiving technical education by the greater expression of such components of the potential for self-change as “The ability to conscious self-change” and “The possibility of self-change” and aspects of existential fulfillment “Responsibility” and “Freedom”. It can be assumed that the motivation itself to get a psychological profession increases the tendency to reflection and the desire for self-change and personal growth. The data obtained in the course of the study emphasize the need to take into account a number of socio-demographic parameters, in particular “work experience”, since the splitting of data by this parameter demonstrated specific differences in groups of students receiving different education. The data obtained show that the very fact that a student works, leaves an imprint on his ideas about the ability to manage his resources: both psychological and material possibilities. As a result of the correlation analysis, we can note a high density of connections between the components of the potential for self-change and existential fulfillment. The discovered pattern occurs both in the aggregate sample and in individual groups. Despite the fact that correlations are common to both groups, there is a unique relationship of “Self-distancing” with “The ability to conscious self-change”, “The need for self-change” and a general indicator of the potential for self-change, characteristic of students, future psychologists.

Key words: integrity of personality, dynamic stability of personality, potential for self-change, existential fulfillment, responsibility, freedom, ability to conscious self-change

For citation: Antonov, D.D. (2023). Features of the dynamic stability of the personality of students-psychologists. New Psychological Research, No. 2. 39–62. DOI: 10.51217/npsyresearch_2023_03_02_03

Acknowledgment

The research was carried out with the support of the Russian Scientific Foundation, project no. 22-18-00140 “Dynamic stability of personality in the space of sociocultural uncertainty”.