Typological features of the correlation of self-realization and subjective well-being in the late stages of ontogenesis

Aim. The study of a multidimensional model of the relationship between personal self-realization and the parameters of subjective well-being in old age.
Methodology. The empirical study was conducted on a representative sample of 200 respondents aged 55–85 years using two complementary psychodiagnostic techniques: the Multidimensional Questionnaire of Personal Self-realization (MOSL) by S. I. Kudinov and the questionnaire “Your well-being” by O. S. Kopina. Statistical data processing was carried out using correlation and cluster analysis methods.
Results. Correlation analysis revealed a close correlation of all parameters of subjective well-being (satisfaction with life, health, fulfillment of needs, stress resistance) with indicators of self-realization in old age, especially its general level, harmony and social component. Using cluster analysis, three typological variants of the relationship between self-realization and subjective well-being are identified: harmonious (high self-realization combined with pronounced well-being), dissonant (intense self-realization with reduced well-being) and reduced (low self-realization and subjective well-being).
Research implications. The study provided a holistic view of the nature of the relationship between self-realization and subjective well-being in old age. The role of high well-being as a resource for full-fledged self-fulfillment and, at the same time, self-realization as a factor in maintaining psychological health in old age has been established. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the substantiation of a multidimensional model of the correlation of the studied phenomena, differentiation of qualitatively specific types of their interrelation. The results obtained open up prospects for the development of programs to harmonize the processes of self-development and adaptation at a later age.

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