NURTURE AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSTRUCT: CONTINUITY AND TRANSFORMATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO CULTURES

The relevance of the development and study of upbringing as a psychological construct in modern society is due to several key factors related to transformations in the socio–cultural environment, the requirements for education and upbringing, as well as the need to form a harmonious personality in the context of the social transition from a culture of utility to a culture of dignity. The purpose of this study was to determine the structure, content and psychological mechanisms of the formation of education, as well as the development of methods for determining the levels of formation. Materials and methods. The study involved school teachers of the Belgorod region (190), as well as students of pedagogical specialties (152). The following methods were used for the survey: "Wiesbaden questionnaire for the method of positive psychotherapy and family therapy WIPPF" (N. Pezeshkian and H. Deidenbach), content analysis of the concept of "upbringing" carried out using the AI platform Perplexity AI, a diagnostic map of upbringing developed by the authors of the article. Based on the theoretical analysis and the results of empirical research, a model of the "upbringing" construct was developed and tested, considered as consistency between the basic universal values (cultural code) and the individual current abilities (emotional and cognitive variables) of the upbringing subject. Similarities and differences in the structure of upbringing of school teachers and students, future teachers were revealed. Baseline parenting variables in both samples were found to have no meaningful differences. Secondary variables are more mobile and have differences in the criteria of "politeness," "honesty," "fairness," "contact." The revealed fact may be evidence of the influence of the type of culture on the formation of personality in different periods of social development.