THE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH OF THE SELF-CONCEPTION ANDROGYNY PERSONALITY

Abstract

The problem of gender transformation that makes the identity or continue to use the traditional attributes of your sex exclusively, which leads to its one-sided growth and lack of identification, either voluntarily or forced to change feminine or masculine gender for psychological androgynous is highlights in the article.
The psychological characteristics of «self-concept» identity as an important structural element of psychological image of the person are present in the article. The features of formation of «self-concept», defined diverse social and cultural context in which clarifies and corrects an image of his own «I».
The authors argued the importance of awareness features self-concept androgynous personality that manifests itself in a harmonious combination of femininity and masculinity in one person, regardless of gender that erases differences due to socio-cultural expectations «male» and «female», giving people more freedom, increasing adaptive opportunities personality. The empirical research of self-concept androgynous personality made it possible to distinguish the dominant factors affecting it.
Results of factor’s analysis in androgynous men helped to identify the following important factors: «Adoption of yourself / others, emotionality and values», «Emotional and behavioral responses», «self-acceptance and behavioral flexibility», «Contradictory «I», «Significance «I», «Self-attachment and dominance», «Waiting perception of themselves other» and «Self-acceptance».
The factor’s analysis distribution for androgynous women the influence of factors such as: «Leadership Trends and self-criticism», «Emotional and behavioral responses», «Adequacy of perception and control», «Self-value and self-acceptance others», «Emotional comfort», «Adequacy adoption» «Self-regulation», «Dominance».