LIFE PHILOSOPHY "SLOW LIFE" AS A FACTOR OF A SAFE PSYCHOLOGICAL SPACE OF PERSONALITY
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https://doi.org/10.51547/ppp.dp.ua/2022.3.23Keywords:
Slow Life, life philosophy, psychological space, global challenges, psychological well-being, stress, emotional burnout.Abstract
The article deals with the psychological markers of the Slow Life philosophy, that has emerged and unfold within the social world in many countries. This philosophy of life has gained importance and acts as a contemporary social trend throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This philosophy of life could be a holistic complex, as well as an explicit manner of life, psychological attitudes, values, beliefs, patterns of behavior, and so forth. It's the task of the modern individual to search a replacement philosophy of life. This philosophy is meant to scale back the pressure of society on the individual, whereas protective the worth of the material part of life. One of such search is that the emergence of the Slow Life philosophy, which focuses on a balanced approach to life, within which the worth is the money stability of the person, his own individual experience, the power to relish the instant of life here and now. An empirical study of psychological markers of life philosophy "Slow Life" in a group of people who apply its principles in everyday life and use them in the form of personal guidelines, attitudes, patterns of behavior. This article presents results of the conducted inquiry of psychological options of Slow Life philosophy in young people. Analyzing the information of the research of propensity to use parts of Slow Life philosophy among young people, it ought to be noted: virtually half of the respondents disclosed a high level and quite a 3rd of the respondents have an occasional level of application of Slow Life philosophy concepts. Respondents adhering to the principles of Slow Life philosophy demonstrate higher indicators of motivation, psychological well-being and its components; they're less inclined to emotional burnout, psychological stress and manifestation of negative mental states at a statistically important level. this will testify that Slow Life philosophy of life is thought-about as an element of formation of safer psychological space for a personal in modern conditions of worldwide challenges. Also, the unfold of "Slow Life" life philosophy among young people indicates that it is thought-about as a social trend, that introduces new principles of perspective to life, to the individual within the long run.
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