Personalіty Factors of Vital Self-Determination

part 1

Abstract

The article presents a conceptual analysis of the 
phenomenon of self-determination as a leading factor 
in the implementation of a life project. The content of the 
concept consists of the following main theses. The functional 
purpose of self-determination is to ensure the autonomy of 
life, which is the leading condition for the realization of its 
natural purpose – a life project. Self-determination is the 
embodiment of the functional necessity and “right” of any 
subject of the project of life to autonomy in solving strategic 
and situational problems of its existence. The factor of 
the need for self-determination is the amorphousness and 
uncertainty of the life situation. Self-determination as a 
specific form of human activity is formed by the acts that 
he performs in order to determine himself: to overcome the 
chaos of uncertainty in himself and to organize himself by 
means of self-determination. The psychological guarantee 
of this activity is such a human trait as intolerance to 
uncertainty. Motivation to overcome uncertainty and 
psychological ways to satisfy it – mechanisms that have 
evolved. The mechanism of self-determination among 
them is fundamental. Self-determination involves focusing 
on one’s own standards and indicators for assessing the 
effectiveness of life and distancing oneself from standards 
and indicators of other factors, because only one’s own 
criteria and indicators are the most adequate and accurate 
due to their natural high sensitivity to the authenticity of 
their owner and carrier. Self-determination is a process that 
takes place on the conscious, subconscious and unconscious 
levels of personal functioning. The system of the psyche that 
provides the process of self-determination and achieving a 
state of self-determination is the human self. This is due to 
its functional purpose, which is to ensure psychological self
regulation as a universal process, covering all types, forms 
and levels of life of the individual. Self-determination is one 
of the leading functions of the self system. The core of the 
self is the genophenom of authenticity. The genophenomen 
of authenticity performs the function of a personal genetic 
factor of the integrity of life and the authenticity of its 
movement as a process of realization of its project.
The task of the genophenom of authenticity is to 
keep all system-forming components and qualitative 
characteristics of life in a concentrated compressed form 
and unique configuration in accordance with its inherent 
software algorithm and to play the role of genetic factor of 
life integrity and authenticity of its movement as a process 
of its project.