FUNDAMENTALS ABOUT PERSONAL VALUES AND MEANINGS 4BASED ON MATERIALS FROM RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN SCIENTIFIC SOURCES:

Abstract

Background. Currently there is a polymorphism of academic positions regarding the value-meaning sphere of personality. a is issue requires a responsible resolution from the psychological community. Building up the system-analytical research on the topic is con-sidered as the way out of this problematic situation.Objective of the study is to systematically describe the key academic statements on personal values and meanings.Methods.a e study implemented a thinking method of “analysis through synthesis” (according to S.L. Rubinshtein and A.V. Brushlinsky). a e author distinguished the most essential parts of the numerous works on values and meanings by Russian and foreign authors. a e integration of these parts made it possible to holistically outline the main statements on the value-meaning sphere of personality.Results.a e research allowed to postulate the dominant priority of values and mea-nings in the personality orientation, to consider the speci` cs of their genesis, the nature of selectivity, structural characteristics, principles of functioning, and reorganization dynamics.Conclusion.a eoretical generalizations based on heterogeneous research on the v a l u e - o r i e n t e d a n d m e a n i n g a s p e c t s o f p e r s o n a l i t y f r o m t h e p e r s p e c t i v e o f i n d i v i d u a l a n d group speci` city can significantly boost elimination of inconsistencies in explanations of the motivational-volitional components of personality orientation, and thus have a positive impact on the development of psychological science.

Keywords

• value-meaning sphere
• value
• value orientation
• meaning
• personality