COMPETENCE IN VERBALIZATION OF INTERNAL SPACE: DEFINITION AND STRUCTURE

Abstract

Relevance of the study. The phenomenon of the inner space of the personality becomes as a scientific psychological problem becomes relevant in the conditions of modern social and technological changes.

The Aim of the article is to conceptualize the phenomenon of competence in the verbalization of the inner space of the personality.

Results. The functions and content of the concept of "competence in the verbalization of the inner space" are determined,

Conclusions. The article shows that the main psychological function of the inner space is determined by the ability to self-determination, determination of personal boundaries and effective communication and interaction with oneself and other people.

The structure of competence in verbalizing internal space is characterized by the following components: 1) cognitive (the ability to notice and recognize internal signals, interaceptive sensitivity, awareness of bodily changes, distinction between emotions and physical sensations, attention to internal experience, reflectivity, the ability to be aware of and differentiate one's own emotions, thoughts and bodily reactions, the ability to self-knowledge as an understanding of cause-and-effect relationships between external events and internal responses), 2) emotional (the ability to accurately name and describe experiences, possession of an emotional vocabulary, the ability to differentiate close emotions, the ability to determine the intensity and context of emotions and feelings), 3) semantic-symbolic (the ability to use metaphors and images, the ability to symbolize bodily symptoms, establish a connection between the body, emotion and event, the ability to use metaphors, analogies and comparisons to describe complex, abstract states and experiences), 4) communicative (the ability to convey internal experience to oneself and another person, the ability to express oneself clearly and accurately, authenticity and openness in communication, the ability to ask for help, the use of speech as a tool of self-regulation, the ability to change one's attitude to a problem through changing linguistic markers) and 5) integrative (the ability to comprehend one's own inner world, the ability to establish a cause-and-effect explanation of experiences, the ability to integrate past and present experience, awareness of personal psychological scenarios and behavior models, the formation of a holistic image of oneself).