PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PSYCHOLOGICALLY PROSPEROUS WOMEN: A REVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH
This article provides a brief overview of the main approaches to the consideration and study of the phenomenon of psychological well-being of the individual. The position of some foreign and domestic authors on this issue is stated. The problem of the factors of psychological well-being formation is touched upon, among which the personal factor, that is, the personal features inherent in a psychologically prosperous person, is highlighted. The results of individual empirical studies illustrating the relationship of psychological well-being with some personal characteristics are presented. The article deals with the problem of gender specificity of manifestation and subjective perception of psychological well-being of a person. Based on the analysis of the data available in modern scientific psychology, an attempt is made to identify the personal characteristics of psychologically prosperous women. The insufficient degree of studying of personal factors of formation and manifestation of psychological well-being of women is shown and respectively the importance and relevance of further researches of this problem is defined.