Zelinska T. Psychology of Personal Ambivalence at the Adolescent Age

Psychological foundations of personal ambivalence development at the adolescent age have been researched in the dissertation. In the scope of personal-integrative paradigm, the statement that the output foundation of personality development at different age stages is ambivalence has been studied. The author's personal-integrative concept, based on principals of balance, conformity of opposites, ambivalence of role experience and stipulation of ambivalence by resistance in behaviour. The structural-dynamic model of personal ambivalence has been created and its components have been defined including motivational, affective-cognitive, behavioural and all personal, levels, psychological mechanisms, age regularities, forms and types. It has been experimentally affirmed the criteria, parameters and proven the effectiveness of the psycho-consultation process to harmonize the ambivalence during adolescence.