THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-REGULATION INDICATORS AND SPIRITUAL AND MORAL QUALITIES OF THE PERSONALITY

Abstract

The empirical study data of the relationship between self-regulation and personal spiritual and moral qualities in the adult sample are presented. The study emphasizes the importance of studying personal spiritual and moral qualities in the process of self-regulation. The purpose is to analyze the relationship between spiritual and moral qualities of a person and different aspects of self-regulation: cognitive, affective, behavioral. Based on the data of the correlation analysis, significant connections of indicators are identified. The real capabilities of a person to initiate consciously and manage voluntary activity are associated with the indicator of spiritual personality, which confirms the hypothesis of the study regarding the cognitive aspect of self-regulation. The study reflects that most indicators of the cognitive aspect of self-regulation correlate with indicators of spiritual and moral qualities of a person positively. There is also a connection with the affective aspect of self-regulation: the repression of external emotions is inversely correlated to the ability for fantasizing and taking care for other people. The ability to withstand is inversely correlated to the feeling of one's own discomfort during interpersonal interaction. A change in attitude to the situation is associated with the rejection of an egoistic position. The repression of the external manifestations of the emotions is inversely correlated to the spirituality of the personality and its individual qualities. The study shows that the spiritual and moral personality manifests itself as capable of self-control; connections are established with the behavioral aspect of self-regulation. The results of the study indicate the association between self-regulatory abilities and spiritual and moral qualities of a person and encourage further research focused on the consideration of spiritual aspects of self-regulation in more numerous and homogeneous by gender samples, differing in occupation, age, etc.