PROBLEMS OF SPIRITUAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALITY IN WORKS OF UKRAINIAN SCHOLARS

The article investigates the problems of spiritual and moral development of the personality of an adult in the research works of Ukrainian and foreign scholars. It analyzes directions of education and psychology regarding personal development. Educational processes contributing to the personality development of an adult are discussed. These processes are education and upbringing. The author highlights the possibility of a practical psychologist to affect the spiritual and moral development of a personality of an adult. The main conclusion is that the problem of moral and spiritual development of a personality can be solved effectively. However the result of the pedagogical or psychological practice must be focused on the independent inner development of an adult, which must be carried out permanently.