REFLEXIVITY IN STRUCTURE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL READINESS FOR SELF-DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERSONALITY IN THE PERIOD OF LATE ADOLESCENCE

Abstract

The article presents an empirical research analysis of interrelation of the personality reflexivity in the period of late adolescence and its orientation on self-development, which allows one to draw a conclusion about the place of reflexivity in the structure of psychological readiness for self-development at this age. Reflexivity is analyzed in interrelation with subject activity, existential responsibility of the developing personality. The conclusion is that in the period of late adolescence the reflexive resource of the personality is at a stage of formation and restructuring. The paper defines a connection between the type of reflexive activity and psychological readiness for self-development in the period of late adolescence. The research reveals that the tendency to concentration on one’s inner world can interfere with productive involvement of resources of internality, a sense of purpose in planning and implementation of self-development. The article describes the results of an empirical research and the specifics of psychological readiness for selfdevelopment in teen-agers with different levels of expressiveness of individual reflexivity.

Keywords

• self-development
• psychological readiness for selfdevelopment
• late adolescence
• reflexivity
• existential responsibility