Aim. The main milestones in the biography of Professor V. E. Chudnovsky, the creator of the original psychological concept of moral stability of the individual and the founder of symposiums on the problems of the psychology of the meaning of life at the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, where he worked for more than 50 years, are presented.

Methodology. Based on an analysis of publications by V. E. Chudnovsky and the interview show the growing relevance of the problem of the meaning of life. Results. The analysis of the research conducted confirmed the multidimensionality and complexity of the structure of this phenomenon that he identified, the connection between the meaning of life and other personal formations and the “coefficient” of its beneficial effect.

Theoretical and/or practical significance. The focus of many of Chudnovsky’s books on teachers and university professors, as well as schoolchildren and students - future teachers in terms of awareness of purposeful life orientation and the formation of moral stability of the individual is emphasized.

Aim. Theoretical substantiation and empirical verification of the relationship between psychological resources, life orientations and levels of personal and professional development of teachers.

Methodology. The study consisted of three stages (n= 314). A methodical program has been specially developed at each stage. In the course of the work, methods of statistical data processing were applied.

Results. The specificity of the content of psychological resources, risks and barriers of personal and professional development of teachers is revealed. It is shown that the main factors determining the personal-professional development of a teacher are a complex of psychological resources and meaning-life orientations.

Research implications. The technology of resource determination of personal and professional development of a teacher has been developed, which has proven its effectiveness in the experiment, which allows it to be recommended for implementation in the educational process of a school, college, university.

Aim. Theoretical analysis and empirical study of the role of a child’s personal meaning for an adult in the regulation of coping behavior and in the determination of a meaning of life crisis in a situation of infertility.

Methodology. An empirical study was conducted on a sample of reproductive patients – adults with medically diagnosed infertility – in the situation of seeking advice on the use of assisted reproductive technologies. Empirical data were collected using standardized methods: «The Scale for Value of Children», «Smyslometria of the Child» and «The Scale for Coping with Infertility». Statistical processing of data was carried out using the methods of correlation, regression, mediator-moderator and path analysis.

Results. The mechanisms and patterns of meaning regulation of the coping behavior of adults in a situation of infertility are revealed, including the place and role of the meaning of life crisis in overcoming it. The functional dependence of the probability of occurrence and intensity of experience of a life-meaning crisis on the personal meaning of a child for an infertile adult has been proven.

Research implications. There were identified the psychological mechanisms and patterns of the relationship between coping behavior, a crisis of meaning in life and the personal meaning of a child for an adult in a situation of infertility, as well as the possibility of using the results obtained in counseling and psychotherapeutic anti-crisis care for reproductive medicine patients.

Aim. The goal is, based on an analysis of research, to reveal the inner life of a person using the example of the phenomenon of insight

Methodology. Analysis of psychological, fiction and philosophical literature, self-reports of people who experienced insight at different ages.

Results. Three types of insight have been identified - from a sudden solution to a specific scientific problem to a more or less clear awareness by a person of his purpose and future creative path in general. The study allows us to suggest that the prospects for the development of humanitarian psychology are associated with the development of the spiritual and practical experience of humanity, which is quite closely related to the search for the meaning of life for a person of any age.

Research implications. The analysis and identification of types of insight can be used by psychologists and teachers in the field of creativity development at any age.

Aim. Investigation of the influence of meaning-generating creativity, art-based and logo-based methods on students' self-esteem of personality when conducting a developmental program.

Procedure and methods. The phenomenon of meaning-generating creativity, art-based and logobased methods is considered. An analysis of scientific works and empirical material on research was carried out. understanding the phenomenon of self-esteem. Ascertaining and formative experiments were carried out, the dynamics of self-esteem in young people was studied. An empirical study was conducted on a sample of Moscow university students. To conduct the study, the following methods were used: “Self-Attitude Questionnaire” (MIS) (V. V. Stolin, S. R. Panteleev); “Personality Differential Methodology” (NIPNI 1983), “M. Rosenberg SelfEsteem Scale” (RSES) (adapted by A. A. Zolotareva); “Artlogotherapeutic and diagnostic exercise “Precious”. (T. A. Popova), primary descriptive statistics were also used; checking the normality of data distribution (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test); Statistical comparison of two independent samples (nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test); statistical comparison of two connected samples (non-parametric Wilcoxon T-test). The main content of the study contains an analysis of the influence of art and therapy group work on the self-esteem and self-attitude of respondents; the patterns of group interaction are considered.

Results. This study is an attempt to understand the effectiveness of using art-based and logobased therapy methods to correct individual self-esteem within the framework of a short-term group program. The use of art-based and logo-based therapy methods to correct self-esteem could potentially represent a more effective and interesting approach for clients, which will contribute to rapid and long-term correction of self-esteem in clients. Based on the results of the study, a conclusion was made about the positive nature of the dynamics of self-esteem, self-leadership, and positive attitude towards themselves of the participants in the short-term program.

Theoretical and /or practical significance. The work contributes to the addition of the theoretical definition of art-based and logo-based therapy, art-based and logo-based therapy methods, the obtained empirical results of the research can be applied in the working practice of specialists in helping professions, in particular: psychologists-consultants, teachers, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, social workers, etc. Also, the practical significance of this work lies in the possibility of other specialists using the developed set of art and therapy exercises in a group program for working with self-esteem.

Aim. To consider the characteristics of the psychological phenomenon of the system of life meaning layers and evaluate its correctional, pedagogical and educational potential.

Methodology. The key method of studying the content of the phenomenon is content analysis. To assess the level of its potential, correlation analysis, observation and qualitative analysis of dialogues in practical advisory work were used.

Results. It is shown that the system of life meaning layers reflects the phenomenon of the meaning of life presented in the consciousness of an individual. This system is a kind of framework; when filled with specific meanings, it becomes the breadth of the range of the meaning of life and ensures the strength and stability of this transpersonal education. Addressing the problem of the meaning of life has a pronounced psychotherapeutic effect.

Research implications. The theoretical and/or practical significance lies in the theoretical substantiation of a systematic approach to understanding the phenomenon of life orientations and identifying specific content elements in it. Long-term monitoring of customer support in the process of formation and development of the system of life-meaning layers made it possible to identify the main stages in this work and identify their specific practical content.

Aim. Theoretical analysis of V. E. Chudnovsky's psychological and pedagogical concept, which can enrich the content of professional training of cadets of educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for activities in juvenile affairs units.

Procedure and methods. The leading research method is theoretical analysis, which immanently integrates particular methods/techniques/logical operations: hypothetical forecasting, detailing, synthesis, classification, abstraction, concretization, generalization. Based on the analysis of V. E. Chudnovsky's psychological and pedagogical concept, a resource in the field of the educational process of future inspectors of juvenile affairs is revealed.

Results. The theoretical analysis of V. E. Chudnovsky's scientific works confirmed the presence in them of a resource for solving problems of personality development, formation of its integrity, morality, understanding of the past, present and future; conscious maturation; the role of education in understanding the meaning of life by the younger generation; child-adult, family relations, which is significant for the professional training of cadets of educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia to work in juvenile affairs units. V. E. Chudnovsky's scientific ideas are relevant for enriching the content of the academic disciplines "Personality Psychology", "Age psychology", "Pedagogical Psychology", studied by cadets of the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia named after V. Ya. Kikot (students majoring in Pedagogy and psychology of deviant behavior 44.05.01).

Theoretical and/or practical significance. The analysis of the leading provisions of V. E. Chudnovsky's scientific work showed the relevance of his theoretical innovations in the field of existential psychology (personality formation, problems of the meaning of life, moral beliefs, conscious maturation), as well as praxeological aspects of the realization of life-meaning issues in the educational process, in the upbringing of the younger generation (special exercises, project activities). The theoretical and practical significance of V. E. Chudnovsky's teaching is revealed in the field of professional training of cadets of educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the context of disciplines of psychological and pedagogical content, organized leisure.

Aim. Studying the influence of spatial abilities on learning success in a virtual reality environment.

Methodology. The study was conducted using theoretical review methods, psychodiagnostics testing, and a confirmatory experiment to identify the relationship between the success of VR training (virtual reality training) and the cognitive and personal characteristics of the learner. The training task for hand-eye coordination in a virtual reality environment is based on the game "Archery", which is available on the free platform Steam.

Results. Evidence has been obtained that the greatest learning effect when working in a virtual reality environment is obtained by students with a high level of spatial thinking.

Research implications. The results of the latest empirical research on the role of spatial abilities in learning using virtual reality technologies are summarized, which contributes to the development of educational psychology and the psychology of individual differences. The practical significance of the results obtained is that they can be useful both for developers of educational VR applications (virtual reality applications) and for teachers who use virtual simulators or other educational tools based on virtual reality technology in practice.