Psychological Support For The Development of Agency as a Condition for Achieving Personal Identity at The Student Age

The article is devoted to the study of psychological factors and conditions for achieving personal identity at the student age. The methodological basis of the research is the conceptual provisions of the theory of integral individuality of Merlin, integrative psychology of development of Belous and Boyazitova, and the theoretical model of personal potential of Leontiev. The methodological tools were aimed at studying the status of personal identity and the development of multi-level properties of agency, including the assessment of psychological stability, self-regulation, styles of reaction to changes, cynicism, hostility, and aggressiveness of the individual. As a result of experimental work, it was found that for students with different status of personal identity, the development of multi-level properties of personal and socio-psychological levels of agency is characterized by statistically significant differences. It was stated that the status of personal identity at the student age is determined by the development of multi-level properties of agency: the higher the degree of expression of purposefulness, focus on a meaningful life, satisfaction with self-realization, moral and ethical responsibility, confidence in behaviour, active styles of reaction to changes, the higher the status of personal identity, i.e. the higher the level of agency, the higher the status of personal identity. The technology of implementing the program of psychological support for the development of agency, including the formation of personal stability, self-regulation, active styles of responding to social changes, confident behaviour, is theoretically justified.