Psychology

The article presents the results of the research of emotional and personal correlates of body modifications (N = 135). The following methods were used: emotional intelligence questionnaire EmIn, (D. Lyusin), Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Cook-Medley Hostility Scale, self-injury scale (N. A. Polskaya). The link between body modifications and self-injuries was discovered. In connection to body modifications self-injury becomes a cultural symbol taking part in constructing desired identity.

The article considers the problem of professional orientation of the youth in terms of gender. The author analyzes theoretical preconditions of the features of the professional aptitude of the young boys and girls, considers the results of existing practical researches in the field of gender differences in professional orientation. The article presents the results of empirical studies showing that there is a statistically significant differences in the level of the manifestation of the propensities to work with people and to the practical activities of boys and girls.

The analysis of theoretical prerequisites of development of victim personality type problem in psychology is given in this article. A determination of a victim personality type is given as such a type of personality’s formation in a complicated correlation of her outside and inner world when the inner world being interpreted through the outside one takes distorted forms in a form of victim interpersonal roles (victim’s play role, victim’s social role, victim’s position), personifying in victim’s habitus enabling to demonstrate various victim’s types: autovictim, victim, hyper-victim.

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the conditionally convicted person’s consciousness. It shows the results of psychodiagnostic study of self-actualization subjects and their self-acceptance, the real and the ideal self-images. It is marked the low level of selfactualization subjects, the discrete nature of their time perspective. In conclusion, it is done the implication about the necessity of correction work with respondents, outlined the main parameters of the correction.

Transformation of social representations, different social and individual changes highlights the issue of value-semantic relation to oneself and the world in the context of a person’s integrity and activity. It is emphasized that the era of modernity is characterized by the revision of established social norms, the revaluation of values. The article describes the value priorities of students, clarifies their nature and informative content, sex and age dynamics is determined, value types are indicated.

The article presents theoretical and empirical study of axiological orientation of representatives of the Russian and French youth. The study was carried out on a proportionally selected sample of representatives of the Russian and French youth (n = 60, male and female; 18–20 years old). The use of psycho-diagnostic tools («Types of ethnic identity» by G. U. Soldatova, S. V. Ryzhova, «Personal axiological orientation» by A. V. Kaptsov, L. V.

The article presents the results of an empirical study aimed at investigating the specifics of the relationship characteristics of different levels in the structure of integral individuality, reflecting the psychological factors of personality manifestation moral norms of behavior depending on the level of self-efficacy in purposeful activity in the student age.

The subjective well-being of the personality as a subject of the social being is discussed. The various existential space of personality and co-existence as a field criteria and normative basis of well-being are reviewed. The value-semantic basis, experience as a source of feelings of well-being are analyzed. It is noted that the ratio of personality characteristics and subject determine the qualitative content of the subjective well-being. An important role in shaping the personality’s subjective well-being is the procedural aspect of existence.

This article examines interrelation of the time orientation of anindividual and his occupational activity. It is done on the basis of the empirical data analysis applying themethods of logistic regression. A level of predictive value of the created models was defined. Most valuable features of the time orientation were identified for estimation of probability of individual belonging to a certain occupational area.

The article is devoted to consideration of the psychological qualities of innovative potential of personality. Is approved, the prerequisites and the makings of innovative potential is given by nature and are expressed in certain psychological characteristics of the individual. Implemented innovative potential of a person is determined by the level of «natural» psychic phenomena. Actually, it is dynamic, changing as formed socially determined the structure of personality in the context of the people’s understanding of themselves and the world, about yourself in this world.