LIFE-PURPOSE ORIENTATIONS AND FEATURES OF THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE PROPENSITY TO SELF-HARM BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS

Abstract

The article deals with results of empirical study of psychological features of self-harm behavior of university students depending on their life-purpose orientations. It notes the fact about negative correlation between the level of susceptibility to self-harm behavior and all kinds of life-purpose orientations and general indicator of meaningfulness of students’ life. It is defined that features of propensity of university students to self-harm behavior are based on gender. These features primarily are found relatively no impact of life-purpose orientations: meaningful life, goals in life, locus of control-I to reduce the propensity to self-harm behavior of men. It is accepted expediency to develop differentiated programs for self-harm behavior of students’ prevention.