PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A PERSON WHO PRACTICES MEDITATION DURING MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
The article presents the results of a study of personal characteristics of a person who practices meditation during middle adulthood. The study used such diagnostic methods as «Diagnostics of the level of emotional burnout» V. V. Boyko, the method of C.D. Spielberger to identify personal and situational anxiety, adapted by Y. L. Khanin, and the Self-Actualization test (SAT) by E. Shostrom, adapted by Y. E. Aleshina. During the study, we compared the results of the presence of negative psycho-emotional states and internal personal resources of people practicing meditative and non-immediate ways of relieving psychological stress. We hypothesized that a meditative way of relaxation actualizes such personal resources as effective time orientation and internal locus control, which speaks of self-confidence, in one's ability and in the ability to mobilize one's inner resources. Also, meditations help to reduce the level of psycho-emotional tension. The results of the work confirmed our assumption. In this regard, a program of psychological assistance to relieve psycho-emotional stress through meditations, which was applied to subjects from the experimental group, was proposed.