Соотношение тенденций к актуализации и к самоактуализации в человекоцентрированном подходе

Мир психологии. Научно-методический журнал. 2018. № 3(95). С. 104–113.

Kolpachnikov V.

Concepts of "actualizing tendency" and "tendency toward self-actualization" which are the major concepts of the theory of the Person-Centered approach of Carl Rogers are analyzed and clear up in the article, options of their possible relations are considered. It is shown that these tendencies can contradict each other by being directed to different purposes, and to coincide or to be combined harmoniously, forming in the latter case so-called authentic self-actualization. Psychological consequences for the person of both coincidence and discrepancy of the specified tendencies are considered. The examples are given which show usefulness of the concepts "actualizing tendency" and "tendency toward self-actualization" both for understanding and the analysis of activity of the modern person, and for assistance to the person in the solution of psychological problems and living authentic life in conditions of complex and  difficult modern vital world.

Keywords: Я-концепция, человекоцентрированный подход, experience, опыт, self-concept, Person-Centered approach (PCA), actualizing tendency, tendency to self-actualization, symbolization and awareness of experience, authentic self-actualization, complex and difficult vital world, тенденция к актуализации, тенденция к самоактуализации, символизация и осознавание опыта, трудный и сложный жизненный мир