CATEGORY CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONALITY SELF-DETERMINATION

The article is an attempt to analyze the main approaches to the issue of self-determination based on the study of scientific literature. Particular attention has been paid to the definition of its relation to the phenomena of self-consciousness and self-creation that are increasingly becoming the subject of psychological research. The category of self-determination is differently interpreted in psychological and pedagogical circles, thus researching its characteristics is important and the one that requires a clear definition. The process of personality self-determination has been considered in unity of different planes of self-realization. Types of self-determination of the main areas of life of the individual have been singled out. Trends in psychological and pedagogical scientific thought on the interpretation of the category of self-determination have been studied.