GENDER IDENTITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF MODERN WOMEN
The article is devoted to the current problem of gender identity and its relationship with aspects of psychological well-being in modern women. The results of an empirical study in which 150 women from 18 to 44 years participated are presented. The analysis of the obtained data showed that there is a relationship with the indicators of psychological well-being and gender characteristics of masculinity and femininity of modern women. The integral indicator of psychological well-being turned out to be the most pronounced in women of masculine gender, and the lowest results on this indicator were found in women of feminine gender, but the severity of individual scales of psychological well-being differs significantly in these groups. Thus , for representatives of the feminine gender , the most significant indicators of psychological well-being are: “Positive relationships with others” and “Man as an open system”, and for women from the masked group, the basis of psychological well-being was associated with the scales “Autonomy”, “Goals in life”, “Meaningfulness of life” and “Self-acceptance”. Representatives of the androgynous group, who combine the characteristics of both masculine and feminine gender, show intermediate results in terms of psychological well-being. According to the scales “Environment Management”, “Affect balance”, “Personal growth”, no significant gender differences were found.