Abstract

This article is devoted to the analysis of research and study of selfunderstanding in psychology. In world psychology, when analyzing the study of the phenomenon of self-understanding, four main directions are distinguished: in developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, counseling psychology and psychotherapy, and narrative psychology. It also examines the methodological foundations and problems of studying self-understanding both within the Western and Russian traditions of studying the phenomenon of "self-understanding"

Keywords

self-understanding, self-awareness, self-reflection, self-determination, selfknowledge, identity

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