PERSONAL VALUE-SENSE PROFILES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY: UNIVERSAL AND DIFFERENTIAL

Abstract

The concept of «personal profile» and empirically complements the value oriented sense dimensions of its construction are theoretically analyzes in the article. The psychodiagnostic tests used in the study were: «Questionnaire of religious activity» by D. Smirnov, «Express diagnostics of social values» by N. Fetiskin, V. Kozlov, G. Manuilov, and «Questionnaire of 16 P. F.» by R. Kettel. The mathematical processing of quantitative data was performed using Student’s t-test and factor analysis by principal component method. By subtracting the quartiles, the primary sample of respondents was divided into four subgroups with different levels of religious activity, from the lowest to the highest.

The empirical study identified the following priority social values: at the lowest level of religious activity – successful marriage, spending time with family and a few close friends; at the lower than average level – spending time with family, having a good marriage and a few close friends; at the above average level – spending time in the family, successful marriage, religion, at the highest level – religion, spending time with the family and meditating on God, praying. It is stated that at the higher levels of religious activity, the most significantly increases the religious values, as well as the values ​​of communication with family and close friends, volunteering, intellectual self-development and healthy eating; increases to a lesser extent – sports exercises, involvement in social activities and acquaintance. The subjective appeal of exciting work / study, successful marriage and career does not change significantly.

The universal characteristic of personal value-senses profiles of both low-religious and high-religious subjects is determined by the higher gravity of critically-minded and liberal-minded individuals to attain high social and material status. Differentiating features are predictors of the desire of the individual for intellectual self-improvement at different levels of religious activity, as well as his greater focus on narrow personal or wide-ranging social contacts.