Existential Fulfillment and Personality Integrity: New Phenomenology in the Changing Society
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The article is devoted to the analysis of human capacities for personal self-realization in a constantly changing world. It can be assumed that ideas about one's future and the ability to maintain one's own existential fulfillment can be an important factor increasing life satisfaction. To assess this assumption, was conducted the research that included a qualitative and quantitative methods. These were investigated the level of existential fulfillment, styles of information identity, level of life satisfaction and the issues about the future. The respondents were students. The obtained results showed that instability and uncertainty of the situation reduce the level of life satisfaction as well as the immersion in the news. The desire to ignore negative information partially increase emotional stability. Personal integrity and emotional stability are closely connected with self-transcendence, awareness and commitment to the chosen style of information identity. These data shows the importance of personal motivation for self-realization. Self-transcendence and the ability to identify meanings of occurring changes with internal motivation becomes the basis for personal growth and integrity in a changing world. The obtained materials show the relevance of the proposition that the ability to overcome environmental pressure can be associated with the ability for self-transcendence and self-realization.