Development and testing of a method for assessing personality self-development
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https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9527-2025-7-4-531-545Keywords:
personality self-development, assessment of self-development, structure of self-development, psychological maturity, psychological well-beingAbstract
Introduction. In the modern world, self-development is one of the key components of both psychological well-being and the overall flourishing of society. For example, the Russian Federal Educational Standard for lower secondary education explicitly emphasizes, among other objectives, the cultivation of a culture of lifelong self-development among students. In this context, the need for reliable psychometric instruments to assess self-development is increasing. The aim of this study is to test and validate a method for assessing self-development.
Materials and Methods. Empirical data were collected via an online survey administered through the Yandex Forms service. The study involved 1237 participants, of whom 71.5% were female and 28.5% male, with a mean age of 22 years. The instruments used were the Russian version of PERMA-Profiler, the Scale of General Self-Efficacy, the Express Assessment of Responsibility Test, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Data analyses were conducted using IBM SPSS Statistics (version 23) and the IBM SPSS Amos extension (version 23).
Results. The study presents a method for assessing personality self-development, consisting of 14 items grouped into three scales: ‘Self-development through planning and self-regulation’, ‘Self-development through education’ and ‘Self-development through communication and internal locus of control’. The method’s validity and reliability were assessed using internal consistency, convergent validity, and confirmatory factor analyses. The scales of the developed method have a stable relationship with diagnostic scales, which together cover a wide range of psychological characteristics.
Conclusions. The method for assessing personality self-development presented in this study demonstrates strong psychometric properties and can be used in psychological, sociological, pedagogical, and interdisciplinary research.
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