POTENTIAL OF MEDITATION IN OVERCOMING CURRENT AND CHILDHOOD FEARS OF ADULTS

Abstract

Relevance. Modern society is characterized by a high level of stress (war, economic instability and other unforeseen circumstances), which significantly affects the psychological well-being of the individual. In conditions of constant stress and anxiety and the need for rapid adaptation, it is important to find methods that allow a person to independently overcome these problems. One of such methods is meditation, which can help reduce the level of stress, improve emotional self-regulation and contribute to maintaining a person's psychological well-being.

The purpose of the article: to experimentally prove the positive effect of meditative practices in the process of correcting the subjective well-being of adults, caused by their childhood and current fears.

Methodology. Methods: Five-factor mindfulness questionnaire FFMQ; Anxiety and worry scales STAI; Tolerance scale for ambiguity of several types of stimuli MSTAT-I; New questionnaire for tolerance to uncertainty (NTN, Kornilova T.V.); Personal beliefs survey SPB; Dysfunctional beliefs questionnaire PBQ-BPD; Psychological well-being scales K. Riff; Symptomatic questionnaire SCL-90-R; author's Scale of children's and current fears for adults, program for the development of psychological flexibility. The study sample - 130 adults.

Results. The results of the testing of the author's program for overcoming fears using meditative techniques statistically confirm its effectiveness. The study revealed a significant decrease in the severity of current and children's fears that affect the lives of program participants, a decrease in the level of their situational anxiety and personal anxiety, positive changes in psychological health and well-being, separate, participants significantly improved their competence in managing the environment, increased assessments of personal autonomy and self-acceptance.