Personal Self-Realization Strategies in Professional Activity: Typology of Regulatory and Instrumental Predictors

This typological analysis examines the regulatory and instrumental predictors of balanced self realization strategies. It integrates the concepts of conscious self regulation and self determination theory within the context of professional activity. The study aims to identify the specific contributions of planning, purposefulness, and self control to the formation of balanced and unbalanced self realization strategies, as well as to determine their predictive significance within the personality structure. The empirical sample comprised 272 specialists from various professional fields, selected based on the salience of their self realization strategies. The study utilized S. I. Kudinov’s Multidimensional Self Realization Questionnaire, E. Yu. Mandrikova’s Activity Self Organization Questionnaire (specifically the Planning and Purposefulness scales), and T. O. Gordeeva and E. N. Osin’s Brief Self-Control Scale. The statistical analysis included descriptive statistics, the Mann– Whitney U-test, Spearman’s rank correlation, and multiple linear regression. The balanced strategy proved to rely on significantly higher levels of purposefulness (Z = –8.93; p < 0.001) and self control (Z = –6.70; p < 0.001). Conversely, the direct impact of planning on the overall balance index was statistically insignificant. This variable likely serves a background or mediating function, which warrants further verification through longitudinal studies. The resulting integrative model confirms the differentiated contributions of these regulatory components. Purposefulness emerged as a key predictor in the professional sphere, whereas self control proved more critical in the social sphere, and personal self realization was closely link ed to the overall balance index.