Peculiarities of life-meaning orientations of mature people
Tatiana Nikolaevna Sakharova
Abstract
The study of life-meaning orientations of mature people is described in the article. The author’s definition of person’s life-meaning orientations is given. The results of empiric study of the content of mature people’s life-meaning orientations are considered. Adulthood is characterized by the author as a period of self-realization and possibility for the highest development of personality. The results of data cluster analysis are presented and the content of the four clusters are described. The author labels these clusters in accordance with their content. The attempt to identify the typology of mature people’s life-meaning orientations has been made. Peculiarities of life-meaning orientation in adulthood are considered against modern social situation of development. These peculiarities are analyzed with due regard for different factors. Conclusions drawn by the author make it possible to create generalized socio-psychological portrait of the age group under study.