Ternovska D. Psychological consequences of individual religiosity of personality

Українська версія

Thesis for the degree of Candidate of Sciences (CSc)

State registration number

0412U005419

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Specialization

  • 19.00.01 - Загальна психологія, історія психології

09-07-2012

Specialized Academic Board

К 08.051.16

Essay

Subject matter - man as a subject of individual religiosity. Objective - to identify the psychological outcomes of individual religiosity in terms of their reflection in dynamic substructures, i.e. inner world, character and psychic states, which embrace personality in whole and determine its orientation. Methods: theoretical - the analysis of the content-specific psychological literature, modeling; empirical - quasi-experiment, psychodiagnostic methods (tests, questionnaires, case method); statistical and interpretational methods: correlational analysis, analysis of variance, mathematical criteria of defining the differences (t-Student's test, Fisher's test) The thesis presents theoretical substantiation (with reference to the genetic-modeling method) and the empirical testing on a sample of young believers (with with intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity) of the meaning and forms of manifestation of the psychological outcomes of religiosity in terms of the self-focused feelings, reflecting religious conscience and modifications in the dynamic personality structures: those of the inner world, character, psychic states. The nomenclature of the self-focused feelings is defined which are engendered by self-modeling one's interaction with the "Higher Power" and co-believers for satisfying the basic pro-social needs in security, support, respect, acceptance by other people. Psychological outcomes of the religiosity are summed up in terms of one's awareness of difference from other people, devotion to God, one's strive of following the God's outstanding personality traits, experiencing the virtues of transcendence, temperance, humanity at the expense of openness to experience, social activity and zest. The result of the research can be used in the educational sphere and in the psychological practice (diagnostics, counseling).

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