The Internal Factors of the Change in the Structure of the Psychological Resourcefulness

• Main Author: Olena Shtepa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kamianets-Podilskyi National Ivan Ohiienko University, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, G.S.Kostiuk Institute of Psychology 2019-03-01
• Series: Проблеми сучасної психології
• Subjects: dynamics of the psychological resourcefulness; psychological resources; actualization; knowledge of resources; the internal factors of the change.
• Online Access: http://journals.uran.ua/index.php/2227-6246/article/view/159537/158771

The problem of the empirical method of studying the psychological resources actualization is formulated. It is theoretically proved that the actualization of psychological resources makes the internal determinants of changes in its structure, associated with the peculiarities of the person’s own resources. The possibility of solving the problem in non-classical psychology of personality is shown. The empirical study in 2012–2018 involved 2680 people (64% of them were women and 36% – men) aged 18–72 years (M = 36,3; SD = 11,2). About 65% of people annually participated in the study, so we assume that it can be considered longitudinal. To determine the psychological resourcefulness and its components, a questionnaire of psychological resourcefulness was used. It is established that the overall level of psychological resourcefulness for the study period was in the range of 84,7–87,9 points, which corresponds to the average level of psychological resourcefulness. Based on the analysis of the differences it is found that between the components of psychological resourcefulness for the studied seven years from 2012 till 2018, there are differences at a statistically significant level between all resources with the exception of the resource «self-realization in the profession». According to the results of cluster analysis it is revealed that the indicators of the type of psychological resourcefulness of cluster 1 «2012–2016» is a low level of psychological resources of responsibility and knowledge of their own resources, and an indicator of the type of psychological resourcefulness of cluster 2 «2017–2018» is a low level of psychological resource of work on oneself. The comparative analysis revealed that the data obtained by the methods of tree-clustering and k-means, indicate the significance of qualitative differences in the types of psychological resourcefulness for 2012–2016 and 2017–2018 related to the resource of faith in goodness. Based on the results of mathematical and statistical analysis of the survey data there have been distinguished the resources-indicators of the type of psychological resourcefulness, resources-determinants, and resources-predictors of the overall level of psychological resourcefulness. The main indicator and measure of change in the structure and level of psychological resourcefulness can be considered a person’s knowledge of his/her psychological resources