Life meaning orientations of young women of Ingush nationality as determinants of their subjective psychological well-being

Background. The study of the influence of life-purpose orientations on the level of life satisfaction and subjective feeling of happiness among young representatives of the Ingush ethnic group is of interest for several reasons. Firstly, the analysis of scientific literature has shown that there are practically no studies devoted to the study of the connection between the components of the value-semantic sphere and life satisfaction among representatives of the Ingush people in this aspect. Secondly, there are also quite a lot of empirical studies devoted to the study of life satisfaction of different categories of women (mothers, managers, professionals in certain fields, etc.) in the literature we analyzed, but we did not find any studies devoted to the study of the category of representatives of the Ingush ethnic group. Thus, the scientific novelty of the study is obvious, and its results can be useful in organizing psychological events (trainings, consultations, etc.) for young representatives of the Ingush ethnic group. Purpose – study of the specifics of the influence of life-purpose orientations of young Ingush women on their level of life satisfaction and subjective sense of happiness. Materials and methods. To implement the study, we used the following methods: analysis of specialized scientific literature within the framework of the stated topic; psychological testing using three psychodiagnostic techniques adapted for use in domestic studies by D.A. Leontiev, such as "Meaning of Life Orientations" (MLO) by D. Crambaugh and L. Makholik, "Satisfaction with Life Scale" (SWLS) by E. Diener, R.A. Emmons, R.J. Larsen and S. Griffin and "Subjective Happiness Scale" (SHS) by S. Lyubomirsky and H. Lepper; mathematical and statistical processing of the obtained empirical data using data averaging, their descriptive analysis, the one-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov criterion, the nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis H criterion and linear regression analysis. For data processing, standard computer programs “Windows” and “Microsoft Office” (“Microsoft Excel 10.0”) and SPSS 20.0 for Windows - Statistical Package for the Social Science (statistical package for the social sciences) were used. Results. A theoretical analysis of specialized scientific literature on the topic of the study was conducted, the relevance, theoretical and practical significance of the study and the results obtained were substantiated. The features of the life-meaning sphere of both the sample as a whole and the three age groups identified within it, as well as the degree and specificity of the influence of its components on the subjective psychological well-being of the individual, consisting of life satisfaction and a subjective feeling of happiness, were revealed. It was found that the degree of influence of the life-meaning sphere components decreases with increasing age of the respondents, which may be associated with an existential crisis and transformation of meanings and values. Statistically significant differences were revealed between representatives of the three age groups in relation to the ability to take responsibility for the events of their own lives and the general meaningfulness of life, where the prevailing indicators are noted among representatives of the oldest of the identified age categories of respondents. The results of the study can be used in the practical activities of specialized specialists. EDN: LMGXRT