ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ ЦІННІСНИХ ОРІЄНТАЦІЙ ЯК РЕСУРСУ САМОАКТУАЛІЗАЦІЇ ОСОБИСТОСТІ ДОРОСЛОГО ВІКУ

The article is aimed to reveal the main scientific approaches in personality’s self-actualization justification. The features of personality’s self-actualization in various spheres of life (education, professional activities, family life, etc.) and its connection with various psychological phenomena (protective mechanisms, motivation, semantic sphere, etc.) are defined. Values are defined as one of the most significant existential resources of self-actualization of personality. The results of empirical research of value orientations as the resource of adult personality’s self-actualization are discussed. It’s defined that the most expressed aspects of respondent’s self-actualization are time orientation, values, a view on human nature, creativity, and least expressed – flexibility in behavior, the need for knowledge and spontaneity. The specificity of value orientations that made the most and the less influence on personality’s self-actualization process are discussed