Methodological Foundations of the Study of Personal Transformations in the Conditions of the War Period
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Abstract. The topicality of the topic is due to the need to determine the scientific foundations of the study of personal transformations in modern conditions, for the further development of measures to preserve the mental health of Ukrainian citizens. The purpose of this article is to determine the methodological foundations of the study of personal transformations during the war period. In accordance with the goal, the state of applied research on personal transformations during the period of martial law was analyzed; different levels of the methodology of scientific analysis of this problem are distinguished; the expediency of the polyparadigmatic approach in its processing is substantiated. The methodology of problem analysis was formed by the general theory of transformation of personal changes in crisis conditions, which is based on both differentiation and integration of existing knowledge in various fields. Research methods: analysis and generalization of the results of scientific research. The foreign and domestic experience of studying the psycho-emotional states of the individual under the influence of psychotrauma in the conditions of martial law is analyzed. From the standpoint of the philosophical level of the methodology, the ability of a person to function in conditions of uncertainty is considered as a resource for its development. Based on the application of system analysis, predictors determining post-traumatic growth and can be considered as system-forming factors of constructive changes are determined: personal resilience, prosociality, empathy, openness to experience. The expediency of the integration of psychodynamic, personal and phenomenological approaches is substantiated, which makes it possible to determine the role of various mental modes in the formation of personal transformations, the ability to displace traumatic events as the main quality of a healthy psyche, the adaptability of the individual, which is ensured by adequate ideas about one's capabilities, the readiness to accept a new identity , which determine the resources for overcoming the existential crisis during the period of martial law. Considered psychological concepts, which include a system of certain means of psychotherapeutic influence on the personality. Determination of the methodological foundations of the study of personal transformations during the war period enables a systematic description of this phenomenon and an outline of directions for its implementation in empirical research.
Keywords: personality transformations; levels of scientific analysis methodology; psychodynamic approach; personal approach; phenomenological approach; eco-facilitation.
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