SCALE SELF-ASSESSMENT OF PERSONAL MATURITY: ТНЕ EXPERIENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING

Abstract

Purpose. The article is devoted to substantive and psychometric characteristics to The Scale self-assessment of personal maturity. The scale developed on the socio-constructionist interpretation of the personal maturity’s criteria, which are considered as the pole of the social construct “personal maturity – personal infantilism”. Scale intended to identify self-evaluations about the standards of personal maturity, represented in the contents of social construct “personal maturity – personal infantilism”. Methodology. Psychometric validation of the Scale includes the empirical verification of its structure, evaluation, containing the relative and external validity, internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Results. The results of the study are that the psychometric validation of the Scale (n=436) demonstrates a satisfactory degree of reliability to the outcome measure-assessment of personal maturity and to subscales: self-assessment of cognitive maturity, self-assessment of reflective maturity, self-assessment of regulatory maturity, self-assessment of moral maturity. Practical implications. The results of the study can be applied in scientific and practical activity of psychologists, specializing on problems of personal psychology and social psychology.

Keywords

• личностная зрелость
• личностный инфантилизм
• социальный конструкт
• социальные представления
• диагностика личностной зрелости