Klimash T. Personal factors of change in the self-concept of women

The important problem in modern psychology is the study of the peculiarities of ensuring the full psychological functioning of a person. The phenomenon of the self-concept of personality is comprehensively studied in the world psychological science. The self-concept of a person affects all spheres of human life, especially women as a more vulnerable category of the population. A common trend is that they have difficulties with subjective assessment of personal fulfillment as a result of important events in their lives (maternity leave, serious illness, etc.). In addition, in most cases, they struggle to identify the reasons for their stagnation. Working through the problem with a specialist often leads to the conclusion that a woman doesn`t have a holistic view of herself, her strengths, desires, and shortcomings; she doesn`t understand her own self-concept. The above provisions determine the relevance of the study since the self-concept is considered as an indicator of psychological peculiarities that characterize a fully functioning personality. The dissertation’s topic, aim statement, subject and object definitions, and study format were all decided by the entirety of the scientific issues that were addressed. The object of the study is the phenomenon of the self-concept of a personality. The subject of the study is the personal factors of change in women’s selfconcept. The purpose of the study is to find out the content, structure of personal factors and types of changes in women’s self-concept.