DOI: 10.25136/2409-8701.2019.6.31685

Abstract: This article examines the peculiarities of personal development among young people during studying at lyceum; special aspects of value attitude to health from the perspective of representation of the value of health in person’s mentality on the level of objective importance, subjective meanings and emotional fabric; as well as correlation between personal development and value attitude to health in young age. The subject of this research is the value attitude to health in mentality of a person striving for personal growth. The study uses the personal values diagnostic technique KVS-3 (D. V. Kashirsky), psychological wellness (C. Ryff). Self-actualization test (L. Y. Gozman), and original methodology aimed at studying value attitude to health (N. A. Shamoylova). It is establishes that full self-realization and self-growth is in the top three fundamental values among 64.5% of respondents. It is demonstrated that for a person with high and medium level of value attitude to health, the value of health in students’ mentality manifests harmoniously, without prevalence of one or another value aspect (importance, meaning, emotional fabrics). The author underlines correlation between the value attitude to health and strive for personal growth in young age.

DOI: 10.25136/2409-8701.2019.3.28632

Abstract: The aim of this research is to describe special features of the value of health demonstrated by an individual with a particular level of self-actualization. The subject of the research is psychological features of the value of health demonstrated by personalities with different level of self-actualization. The rationale of the research is that there is a contradiction between the need to analyze the dependence between one's attitude to health and his or her level of self-actualization and immaturity of this problem in psychology. The authors offer a new term 'values-based attitude to health' and analyze the structure of one's value of health. The diagnostic set includes KVS-3 Value Test, SAT Self-Actualization Inventory, questionnaires 'Your Life Style', 'Self-Assessment of Health', and 'Health Awareness'. Statistical methods and models of data analysis include Spearman's correlation analysis, Fisher's variance analysis, Cronbach reliability test, and Pearson's χ2-criterion. The results of the research demonstrate that health is one of the priorities of a self-actualizing personality. People with a high level of self-actualization relate health to such phrases as physical well-being and external signs of good health (activity and sense of purpose). The researchers have also demonstrated that one's personal idea of health correlates to self-actualization level as a temporal characteristic. The results show that personalities who have achieved a high level of self-actualization have such features as a high level of activity aimed at preservation and improvement of health in actual life activity and commitment to healthy life-style. Self-actualizing personalities also have an coherent attitude to health as a value. Personalities with a low level of self-actualization more often view health as a source of intra-personal conflict.