Aim. Reducing the scale of dispositional mindfulness (CAMM) for the Russian-speaking sample of adolescents and bringing it to a one-factor structure. Methodology. For psychometric testing, the correlations between the items of the scale and the test were studied and the indicators of their reliability were analyzed. The factor structure was checked using the confirmatory factor analysis, and the criterion validity was carried out using the correlation analysis. Results. The study showed that the scale, reduced to 7 items, corresponds to the one-factor model according to the chi-square test and performs well on the RMSEA, Pclose, GFI and CFI indices. Cronbach’s alpha index points at the acceptability of a 7-items scale for its psychometric reliability. The correlation analysis with relevant constructs confirms the criterion validity of the reduced scale. Research Implications. The reduced scale of dispositional mindfulness can be used in individual and group diagnostics of adolescents

Aim. The cross-cultural comparison of the relationships between intelligence and other components of intellectual-personal potential (Big Five traits and tolerance of uncertainty) in Russian and American students. Methodology. The ICAR (International Cognitive Ability Resource) test was used, as well as Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI), and Bunder’s Questionnaire. The intercorrelations between these measures in two student samples - Russian (n = 364) and American (n = 209) were compared. Results. Tolerance of uncertainty showed positive correlations with openness to experience in both student samples; in the American sample it correlates positively with fluid intelligence. Intolerance of uncertainty showed negative correlation with openness to experience and positive correlation with conscientiousness in the Russian sample. In the American sample intolerance of uncertainty negatively correlated with accord. In the Russian sample accord correlates negatively with verbal intelligence. Research implications. The findings contribute to the knowledge on cross-cultural similarities and differences between the American and Russian students on the relationships between intelligence, personality traits, and attitudes towards uncertainty.

Aim. To establish a statistically significant correlation between insecure attachment and some eating disorders. Methodology. The article analyses both the views on the problem of attachment and on various eating disorders. Empirical data were collected with the use of the “snowball” sample and the following questioning of the informants on the basis of the questionnaire, stating the type of grown-up’s attitudes in close relations (ECR-R). Data processing and stating the statistical correlation were performed with the help of the SPSS software. Results. The results of the study show a statistically significant correlation between eating disorders and insecure attachment. Research implications. The research results contribute to the attachment theory and to the theory of deviant eating behavior. The data can also be used in the practice of psychological counseling of individuals who have eating disorders.

Aim. To identify current trends in the field of experimental aesthetics based on the review of Western sources and to analyze the theories of aesthetic experience and emotions. Methodology. The method of critical analysis of the literature, methods of comparison and generalization is applied. Results. Interpretations of the subject of experimental aesthetics or psychology of Aesthetics and the Arts are presented in this paper. The main trends in the West are shown. The analysis of the theories of an aesthetic experience and emotions showed the mechanisms of their occurrence, the characteristic of aesthetic emotions, their functions is presented and its main difference from emotions as a more general term is shown. Research implications. The results of the research contribute to the Russian psychology of art.

Aim. To identify the features of leadership perception. Methodology. The article considers a specific example of identifying implicit information in perceiving a leader. The research uses methods of observation, testing, generalization, statistical analysis and interpretation of results. Results. In the course of the work, it was revealed that there is a relationship between the qualities of the subject’s personality and the structure of the leader’s image. Research implications. The research results contribute to the theory and practice of working with leadership potential.

Aim. To study the nature of relationship between emotional intelligence and overcoming behavior of medical professionals. Methodology. The EmIn questionnaire by D.V. Lucin was used in the research to measure the emotional intelligence (EI), as well as the “Methods of Coping Behaviour” questionnaire, the CISS test for stress coping-behaviour diagnostics and the viability test by S. Maddy. Results. The research results showed that doctors with rather high emotional general intelligence have more distinctly marked coping-strategies of self-control and accepting responsibility. Thus, they will have higher level of viability. And doctors with rather low emotional general intelligence have distinctly marked coping-strategies of distancing, search of social support and escapism. Their viability level is low. Research implications. The research results can be used as the basis for developing recommendations on making medical workers’ coping-strategies more optimal.

Aim. Definition of the concept “economic and psychological maturity of the personality” and its operationalization. Methodology. Through the comparison of the concepts “maturity”, “social-psychological maturity”, and “economic maturity” the content of the concept “economic-psychological maturity” is specified. The evidence and criteria of this type of maturity, its structure and components, empirical indicators are described. Results. Economic-psychological maturity is understood as the ability and readiness of an individual to financial and material self-sufficiency and support for the loved ones. It is a complex, integrative formation that includes signs of maturity in the system of relationships with other people in the field of self-sufficiency and support for one’s family, as well as personal maturity. Research implications. The introduction of the concept “economic-psychological maturity” opens a new direction in the study of the problems of economic socialization of the personality.

Aim. To study the attitude to the crypto-currency among youths with various experience of financial behavior. Methodology. The study involved 263 respondents (average age 23.3 years; 45% are men). In the general sample two groups of respondents were identified: with and without experience in handling the crypto-currencies. The methods used are: free associations, the original author’s questionnaire of attitudes towards crypto-currencies, the method of survey. Results. The research showed that in the group of users, this phenomenon is perceived primarily from the point of view of its prospects and the possibility of earning money. The group of non-users showed fear and anxiety towards the crypto-currencies . Research implications. The difference in the attitudes to the new technology in the field of economics is revealed. It indicates the different mechanisms of economic-psychological adaptation of young people with different experience of financial behavior. In one case, the attitude towards crypto-currency performs a “protective” function, in the other - the function of “rationalization.

Aim. Description of the study of psychological well-being of employees with different levels of loyalty to the organization. Methodology. The article analyzes approaches to determining psychological well-being and loyalty to the organization and presents the results of the authors’ own research. During the research the methods of survey, comparison, interpretation of results and statistical analysis were used. Results. As a result of the research conducted on the employees of the correctional colony it was revealed that most of them have a low level of loyalty to the organization. The features of the psychological well-being of employees with different levels of loyalty are described. Statistically significant relationship between psychological well-being and loyalty to the organization hasn’t been found out, differences between employees with different levels of loyalty have been stated. Research implications. The study identified a problem in the attitude of employees to their institution, the results can be used by prison psychologists to raise the prestige and improve the sphere of activity of the penal system, increase the efficiency and responsibility of employees for their activities.

Aim. Linguistic and cultural adaptation of the Japanese version of J. Nuttin’s “Scale of attitudes towards time”. Methodology. Using exploratory factor analysis, the structure of the technique and hypothetical scales were identified. The confirmatory factor analysis allowed differentiating three scales of the technique. The reliability of the scales was checked by Alpha-Cronbach’s method. The results of the correlation analysis revealed the interrelation of the scales and indicators of time perspective according to F. Zimbardo’s “Time perspective questionnaire”. Results. The article presents the procedure and results of adaptation of the technique “Attitudes towards time” by J. Nuttin to diagnose the attitude to the past, present and future of Japanese students. Research implications. Linguistic and cultural adaptation of the Japanese version of J. Nuttin’s technique “Attitudes towards time” enables to perform cross-cultural Russian-Japanese research of attitude towards time.

Aim. To determine the features of students’ motivation, undergoing the remote form of vocational training in pedagogy, as determination of personal and professional qualities. Methodology. During the work on the article a theoretical analysis of the latest research in the field of motivation and personal and professional qualities was carried out. Methods of questioning, testing, generalization, and interpretation of data were used in the study. Methods of mathematical statistics. Results. According to the results of the study, personal and professional qualities were identified and their specifics were described, as well as the motivational aspect of students undergoing professional retraining for a pedagogical speciality, but when they already have pedagogical education. Research implications. The results of the study contribute to the theory of labor psychology, expand the understanding of the motivation of specialists with pedagogical education seeking additional education. The results are significant in the practice of professional retraining when creating educational courses and programs.