LIFE EVENT: FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND AUTHORSHIP OF PERSONALITY

Abstract

Aim. Description of life events from the point of view of a person’s subjective “contribution”.Methodology. In a series of studies (2018 - 2020) of human changes and self-changes, life events were studied (1) in the context of changes in social reality, (2) as changes in a person’s life scenario, (3) as a phenomenological experience of personal changes. Questionnaires developed for the research and personal methods were used, the obtained data were processed with qualitative and quantitative methods of data analysis.Results. Three categories of events with different levels of “authorship” of a person in relation to the events of his life have been defined: (1) the objective event as changes in the life situation of the individual; (2) life events as a change in the person’s living space as a result of his personal choice; (3) existential experience events.Research implications. The data obtained allow us to expand our understanding of the subjective nature of life events and use them in consulting work.

Keywords

• life event
• types of life events
• “personal contribution”
• “authorship of personality”
• eventfulness of life