Thesaurus analysis of students' self-realization as a method of studying their psychological well-being in university education.

  • Elena N. Shutenko Department of the General and Clinical Psychology, Belgorod National Research University, Russia.
  • Tatiana V. Kuzmicheva Institute Psychology and Pedagogy, Murmansk Arctic State University, Russia.
  • Eugene A. Makovetsky Institute of Philosophy, St. Petersburg State University, Russia.
  • Tatiana A. Rychkova Department of Russian Philology, Murmansk Arctic State University, Russia.
  • Olga A. Shesterikova Faculty of International Relations and Political Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, North-West Institute of Management, Russia.
  • Timofey S. Kupavtsev. Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Russia,
Keywords: psychological well-being, higher education, student’s self-realization, thesaurus analysis, narrative dominants of psychological well-being

Abstract

The article examines conditions of students’ self-realization as factors of their psychological well-being in university environment. The authors apply the method of thesaurus analysis of students' stories, through which they reveal the semantic markers of their self-realization in the framework of three thesauruses: the thesaurus of self-realization readiness; thesaurus of the self-realization actions; thesaurus of self-realization activators. Based on this data, the following three main narrative dominants of students’ psychological well-being were determined, such as: ego-inclusion in the learning process, comprehensive deployment of personal capacities, and social acceptance in the university community. Given these dominants as a criteria basis, the authors carry out a special survey of students and reveal the degree of their self-realization and well-being in university training.

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Published
2019-11-01