ARTISTIC AESTHETIC ABILITIES IN THE SYSTEM OF INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SUBJECT OF EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
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https://doi.org/10.34142/23129387.2026.75.19Keywords:
artistic aesthetic abilities, aesthetic perception, individual psychological characteristics, figural creativity, nonverbal intelligence, spatial imaginationAbstract
Research relevance. Artistic aesthetic abilities are manifested in the capacity to perceive, differentiate, interpret, and systematize works of art according to their characteristic stylistic features. At the same time, it remains insufficiently understood to what extent these abilities are integrated into the system of general cognitive and creative resources of the subject of educational and professional activity and which individual psychological characteristics demonstrate the most consistent relationships with them.
Aim of the study – to determine the place of artistic aesthetic abilities within the system of individual psychological characteristics of the subject of educational and professional activity by analyzing their relationships with nonverbal intelligence, spatial imagination, figural creativity, aesthetic intelligence, imagination, and flow state.
Methods. The study used the results obtained with the Method for Diagnosing Aesthetic Abilities developed by K. Fomenko and V. Naichuk. Indicators of nonverbal intelligence, spatial imagination, nonverbal creativity, aesthetic intelligence, imagination, and flow state were used to analyze individual psychological characteristics. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation analysis, and one-way analysis of variance were also applied.
Results. A differentiated pattern of the integration of artistic aesthetic abilities into the system of individual psychological characteristics was established. The overall indicator of artistic aesthetic abilities showed no statistically significant relationships with the general indicators of aesthetic intelligence, flow state, spatial imagination, or nonverbal intelligence. At the level of specific cognitive operations, however, selective relationships were identified with perceptual completion of images, identification of analogies, and recognition of transformations. The most consistent pattern of relationships was found with nonverbal creativity: artistic aesthetic abilities were positively associated with originality, elaboration, flexibility, and the integral indicator of figural creativity. Differences in artistic aesthetic abilities across fields of study did not reach statistical significance.
Conclusions. Artistic aesthetic abilities cannot be reduced to manifestations of general intellectual resources, spatial imagination, or a state of optimal engagement in activity. Their place within the system of individual psychological characteristics is determined by selective cognitive relationships and a pronounced association with qualitative parameters of nonverbal creativity. The findings support the consideration of artistic aesthetic abilities as a relatively specific psychological construct whose functioning is most consistently associated with the capacity for varied, original, and elaborated processing of figural material.
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