subjective well-being

In article occurrence and functional features of concepts psychological and subjective well-being of the person are analyzed. The basic research traditions of these directions are considered. The thesis about complementarity of these concepts is put forward.

Social activity is the sphere of students’ personal socialization and fulfi llment. The study of interconnection between adherence to various forms of social activity and characteristics of subjective well-being allows unveiling the most general parameters of student activity’s consistence and personal orientation. The purpose of the study is to carry our analysis of the interconnection between subjective well-being characteristics and social activity forms.

The necessity to “reconcile” various research positions regarding the study of subjective well-being phenomenon on the basis of an integrated approach makes the study of the theoretical approaches to the phenomenon relevant. Despite the abundance of modern scientifi c publications in the fi eld of psychology devoted to the study of well-being, there is a lack of a unifi ed understanding of the nature of this phenomenon. Scientists use a lot of concepts that are similar in content, but are not strictly diff erentiated.

The article presents the results of a theoretical analysis of the problem of subjective well-being web-designers. Analysis to be different factors affecting the specificity of the formation of a state of «satisfaction of labor."

In article attempt to analyse readiness for risk as personal potential of subject regulation is undertaken. Results of empirical research of readiness for risk in correlation with characteristics of self-control and subjective well-being of the person are submitted.

This article analyzes the psychological dimensions of social risks in relation to the issue of the subjective well-being of the individual and groups. Reveals the characteristics of the socialization, that influence the behavior of the of risk-creating and risk potential. Discuss issues of the social activity of the person with a different level and content of the subjective well-being.

The paper presents the results of a theoretical and empirical study of moral orientations and subjective well-being, conducted on a sample of young Russians and Armenians using the following psychodiagnostic tools: the scale of subjective well-being (M. V. Sokolova); the technique for measuring the level of social frustratedness (L. I. Vasserman); the technique for diagnosing moral orientations (I. S. Slavinskaya, A. D. Nasledov, M. Y. Dvoretskaya).

We have attempted theoretical analysis of social and cultural determination of the criteria of subjective well-being on the basis of which judgments about happiness, satisfaction with life and oneself are drawn.

The results of an empirical study with the participation 104 people with different socio-demographic characteristics, surveyed with 9 techniques that assess satisfaction with life, adaptation to life, sub-jective well-being, as well as some personal factors of subjective well-being, such as value orientation, motivation, hardiness, psychological defense mechanisms. Based on the results of the cluster analysis four types of subjective well-being were identified and described.

The article presents the results of theoretical and empiric research of adaptation readiness of personality. It has been shown that adaptation readiness is not only the result of difficult cooperation between external and internal factors but also an integral effect of multi-level integration of regulatory systems (subsystems) of personality.