CHILDHOOD FEARS AS CAUSES OF STEREOTYPICAL HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN ADULTHOOD. CONTINUATION PRACTICES

Abstract

Relevance. New unpredictable challenges occur every day, generating fear of terrorist attacks, energy disasters. To quickly adapt to the new realities of life, it is necessary to become as whole, psychologically stable and flexible as possible. The confessional tools for this human psyche are required. One of them is meditation. Purpose of the report: to statistically substantiate the influence of the author's meditation program on overcoming stereotypical behavior of adults caused by their childhood fears and to demonstrate the development of their psychological flexibility. Methodology. Sampl: the experimental (EG) and control (CG) groups of 34 people (21-w,13-m), (age - 21-53), who had similar socio-demographic characteristics and psychological problems Methods: Five-factor Meindfulness Questionnaire FFMQ; Scales of anxiety and worries STAI; Ambiguity Tolerance Scale MSTAT-I; New Uncertainty Tolerance Questionnaire (NTN, Kornilova T.V. ); SPB Personal Beliefs Survey; PBQ-BPD Dysfunctional Beliefs Questionnaire; K. Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scale; SCL-90-R Symptomatic Questionnaire; author's Child and Current Fear Scale for Adults. Results. The effectiveness of the author's program of mastering skills of decentered and impartial observation, conscious choice of cognitive and emotional reactions, abilities to "let go" and unresponsiveness has been proved. Such tools of conscious presence of program participants expanded their adaptive resources and improved psychological well-being. The regulatory effects related to the reduction of fears and anxiety occurred at the level of metacognitive functions of their consciousness.