PERSONAL PROBLEM’S REPRESENTATION AND THE PROCESS  OF ITS SOLVING AS A SUBJECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Occupation: Head of the Laboratory for Cognitive Research, Senior Researcher at the Laboratory for Cognitive Research
Affiliation:
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Administration
Higher School of Economics
Address: Moscow, Russian Federation

N. Kiselnikova (Volkova)

Occupation: Head of Laboratory of Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
Affiliation: FSBSI “RAE Psychological Institute”
Address: Russian Federation

M. Danina

Occupation: Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
Affiliation: FSBSI “Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education”
Address: Russian Federation

Journal name

Psikhologicheskii zhurnal

Edition

Volume 40 Issue 2

Pages

27-37

Abstract

The direction of research that is poorly represented in the Russian-speaking scientific space – the psychology of solving personal problems – is discussed in the paper. The results and conclusions from the studies of complex, semi-structured problems and domain-specific problems solving can not be directly transferred to the field of social and personal problems solving. The actively developed approaches of T. D'Zurilla and P. Heppner are considered. They resulted in the construction of social and personal problems solving models that describe the main stages of this process. Problem solving styles and indicators of physical and psychological health, correlating with the ability to solve problems were analyzed. However, the "personal problem" construct, as well as the mechanisms for its solution, including its representation by the solver, has not been given due attention.

Based on the structural and strategic approaches, we propose the model of the representation of the personal problems as a complex dynamic system of personally significant elements, connections and interrelations between them. The article details the content of the representation of the initial state and the goal state of the personal problem. The proposed model of the personal problem solving representation can be put in the basis of the methods development for its investigation. It allows us to disclose new content aspects of this kind of problems.

Keywords

personal problem, subjective representation, personal problem solving, social problem solving

Acknowledgment

The study was supported by the grant of the RFH, project No. 15-36-01037.

Received

08.03.2019

Publication date

25.03.2019

Number of characters

28316

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GOST	Spiridonov V., Kiselnikova (Volkova) N., Danina M. PERSONAL PROBLEM’S REPRESENTATION AND THE PROCESS OF ITS SOLVING AS A SUBJECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH // Psikhologicheskii zhurnal – 2019. – V. 40. – Issue 2 C. 27-37 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://psy.jes.su/S020595920004053-4-1 (circulation date: 24.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S020595920004053-4
MLA	Spiridonov, V., Kiselnikova (Volkova), N., Danina, M. "PERSONAL PROBLEM’S REPRESENTATION AND THE PROCESS OF ITS SOLVING AS A SUBJECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH." Psikhologicheskii zhurnal 40.2 (2019):27-37. DOI: 10.31857/S020595920004053-4
APA	Spiridonov V., Kiselnikova (Volkova) N., Danina M. (2019). PERSONAL PROBLEM’S REPRESENTATION AND THE PROCESS OF ITS SOLVING AS A SUBJECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH. Psikhologicheskii zhurnal 40(2), pp.27-37 DOI: 10.31857/S020595920004053-4

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