Sinelnikova Elena S.

Background. The life of a creative person, his activity takes place in close relationship with the world, in certain social, cultural and historical circumstances. Creative activity requires cooperation between creative people, certain conditions. At the same time, in psychological science creative personality is oft en considered outside of a social, cultural and historical context. Modern world needs creative people, yet the attitudes towards creative people are still complicated and controversial.

Objective. Theoretical analysis of the peculiarities of the creative person’s relationship with society. 

Design. Theoretical analysis of psychological literature focused on the formation of a creative personality, his relationship with society and psychological biographies of creative people.

Results. The mastery of a system of knowledge in the relevant field is an indispensable condition for creative activity, for creation of a socially signifi cant product. At the stage of maturation, the creative person feels the need for a developing environment and is very active in finding these opportunities. The relationship between creative people and society remains difficult in many cultures and countries of the modern world. Educational practices in many countries do not contribute to the development of a creative person. Psychological features of creative person (activity, courage, autonomy, individuality) are perceived as a threat in a socio-cultural context focused on stability, predictability and hierarchy. 

Conclusion. Creative personality is active in his relationship with the world, both at the stage of its formation and in the process of its activity. The creative person oft en finds himself in the conflict with society and at the same time is responsive to its needs. The life decisions of a creative person are largely determined by the need to realize his creative potential

Background. The crisis state of the modern world and due to it — the increased level of stress threatening to the psychological and physical health of people make the problem of identifying the psychological factors of coping with stress especially urgent. Young people are among the most psychologically vulnerable social groups in times of crisis, as evidenced by research conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Life sense orientations and conscious self-regulation are considered as personality factors associated with constructive coping with stress. 

Objective. The study had its purpose to investigate the role of self-regulation and life sense orientations in coping with stress in adolescence. 

Methods. The study implemented the following methods: Crumbaugh and Maholic’s “Purpose-in-Life Test” (PIL) adapted by D. Leontyev, Morosanova’s Self-Regulation Profile Questionnaire (SRPQM), WSQ adapted by T.L. Kryukova, E.V. Kuftyak, COPE Stress Coping Inventory adapted by E.I. Rasskazova, T.O. Gordeeva, E.N. Osin. Mathematical and statistical data processing was carried out in Excel program by means of correlation analysis. 

Sample. The study involved university students in St. Petersburg aged 18 to 23 years (N = 60, 50% of girls). 

Results. Correlation analysis of the data obtained demonstrated that life meaningfulness is positively correlated with active coping (r = 0.440, p < 0.01), problem solving (r = 0.333, p < 0.01), social distraction (r = 0.357, p < 0.01) and negatively correlated with behavioral avoidance of the problem (r = –0.442, p < 0.01) and emotion-oriented coping (r = –0.500, p < 0.01). Self-regulation level is positively correlated with problem solving (r=0.606, p<0.01), planning (r=0.510, p<0.01), active coping (r=0.369, p<0.01), inhibition of competing activity (r = 0.334, p < 0.01). 

Conclusion. The study revealed that in adolescence, constructive ways of coping with stress correspond to high rates of meaningfulness of life and self-regulation. Young people who have a higher level of life meaningfulness and a higher general level of conscious self-regulation are less likely to give up their goals when faced with difficult life circumstances. On the contrary, their purposeful activity is aimed at finding an optimal solution to the problem. 

The data obtained empirically confirm the important role of life meaningfulness and self-regulation in constructive coping with stress. Analysis of the relationship of these psychological factors with coping strategies gives reason to conclude that while self-regulation allows to mobilize one’s resources for a quick and effective solution to the problem, meaningfulness of life helps to cope with long and intractable situations that require the preservation of physical and mental resources for a long time.