The relationship between the characteristics of existential fulfillment of the meaning of life and the profile of self-actualization and personal identity

Aim. Theoretical substantiation and empirical confirmation of the relationship between existential fulfillment of the meaning of life and the profile of self-actualization of the individual and personal identity.

Methodology. The study involved 70 people. The subjects' ages ranged from 27 to 63. There were 52 women (74.3%) and 18 men (25.7%) among the participants. The following methods were used: psychodiagnostic methods (the existential fulfillment diagnostic method – “The Existence Scale (ES)” A. Längle and K. Orgler adapted by I. N. Mainina, A. Yu. Vasanov, An Inventory for the Measurement of Self-Actualization by E. Shostrom adapted by N. F. Kalina and the method for studying personal identity “MILI”. L. B. Schneider, methods of statistical data processing (Mann-Whitney U-test and Ch. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient).

Results. The study yielded data on the expression of the self-actualization profile; the overall indicator of the desire for self-actualization increases depending on the level of existential fulfillment. Numerous positive correlations between the characteristics of existential fulfillment and the profile of self-actualization of the individual were also revealed. Additionally, a positive relationship between the indicators of personal identity and the characteristics of existential fulfillment was revealed. To clarify the data, an analysis of the types of personal identity in different groups by the level of existential fulfillment was conducted.

Research implications. The obtained results of the study can be useful in the work of practical psychologists in the course of drawing up correctional programs related to solving issues of loss of meaning in life, depression and crisis, dissatisfaction with life or insufficient self-realization, identifying the causes of neuroses and preventing suicides.

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