Empirical studies of socio-psychological conditions of formation of ideas about the spiritual ideal in primary school children

ABSTRACT

The present article investigates socio-psychological conditions for the formation of ideas about the spiritual ideal for children of primary school age. The criteria (value-positive attitude of the child to the ideals of Beauty and Good, identification with the ideal bearers, imitation of the behaviour of people and literary characters, understanding of children’s own ideas about the spiritual ideal), indicators and levels (high, average, low) for the formation of the idea of a spiritual ideal in children of elementary school age are established. The results based on age and gender specifics and levels of formation of ideas about the spiritual ideal of primary school children are obtained. The factors influencing formation of the spiritual ideal and socio-psychological conditions of its formation are revealed: the peculiarities of relationships with others (parents, teachers, friends, peers, acquaintances and strangers); influence of mass media (TV products, computer network, radio information, books, literary works, magazines, newspapers); artistic aesthetic influence (works of art and theatre, communication with nature, aesthetic priorities and preferences, artistic amateur activities).

KEYWORDS:

• Spiritual ideal
• identification
• imitation
• primary schoolchildren
• social and psychological conditions

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Lubov Pomytkina

Lubov Pomytkina Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Head of the Depertment of Aviation Psychology at National Aviation University in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Lyudmyla Moskalyova

Lyudmyla Moskalyova Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor at the Department of Social Work, Social Pedagogy and Preschool Education, Vice-rector for scientific work at Bogdan Khmelnitsky Melitopol State Pedagogica University in Melitopol, Ukraine.

Yuliia Podkopaieva

Yuliia Podkopaieva PhD (Pedagogy), Associate Professor at the Department of Aviation Psychology at  National Aviation University in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Sergiy Gurov

Sergiy Gurov PhD (Pedagogy), Associate Professor at the Department of English Philology and Methodology of Teaching English at Bogdan Khmelnitsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University in Melitopol, Ukraine.

Svitlana Podplota

Svitlana Podplota PhD student at the Department of Social Work, Social Pedagogy and Preschool Education at Bogdan Khmelnitsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University in Melitopol, Ukraine.

Viktoriia Zlahodukh

Viktoriia Zlahodukh PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor at the Department of Aviation Psychology at National Aviation University in Kyiv, Ukraine.