Stasko O. Psychological importance of conventional values and their influence on formation of the idealized self-image of a person

The dissertation is devoted to the study of psychological importance of conventional values and the revealing of their influence on formation of the idealized self-image of a person. The dissertation contains theoretical approaches to the problem of values and their comparison with the understanding of values phenomenon in the psychodynamical approach. The psychological content of the category of conventional values as well as behavioral aspects of their understanding have been revealed in the dissertation. Also deep psychological conditions of conventional values formation have been revealed, their connection with psychological defenses and their influence on formation of the idealized self-image of a person has been proved. The connection between conventional and normative values has been stated, the peculiarities of the conventional values’ influence on the communicative processes have been studied