Psychological traits of individuals with different body tissue ratios

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The problem of individual variations in the wide-organism organisation of experience is one of the pressing issues in a number of areas of psychology, particularly psychophysiology. The aim of the study was to assess the severity of VIA-24 indicators in individuals with different body composition ratios. Hypotheses about the possibility of dividing the study participants into groups based on different ratios of body composition indicators and VIA-24 patterns were tested. The study participants (N = 145; aged 18 to 35, Med = 19 years) completed the Values in Action (VIA-24) test, after which a multi-frequency impedance measurement was performed. Using a Two-Step Cluster, three groups of study participants were identified, differing in the ratio of body composition indicators: “predominantly adipose tissue”, “predominantly muscle tissue”, and “mixed group”. When assessing the distribution of VIA-24 values in these groups, it was found that they had different VIA-24 personality patterns, indicating different ways of achieving psychological well-being. The results obtained are considered based on the idea that the description of body composition and psychological traits characterise the organisation of individuals’ experiences, represented by orgism-wide functional systems, including cells of various morphological affiliations.

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A. V. Varfolomeeva

Moscow Pedagogical State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: varflany@gmail.com
119435, Moscow, Malaya Pirogovskaya st., 1-1, Russia

A. G. Tishchenko

Moscow Pedagogical State University

Email: antongtishenko@gmail.com
119435, Moscow, Malaya Pirogovskaya st., 1-1, Russia

A. O. Shevchenko

Moscow Pedagogical State University

Email: andreyshevchenkomsu@gmail.com
119435, Moscow, Malaya Pirogovskaya st., 1-1, Russia

A. A. Stavcev

Moscow Pedagogical State University

Email: stavtsev.alex@yandex.ru
119435, Moscow, Malaya Pirogovskaya st., 1-1, Russia

A. A. Rean

Moscow Pedagogical State University

Email: aa.rean@mpgu.su
119435, Moscow, Malaya Pirogovskaya st., 1-1, Russia

Y. I. Alexandrov

Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow Pedagogical State University

Email: yuraalexandrov@yandex.ru
129366, Moscow, Yaroslavskaya st., 13-1, Russia; 119435, Moscow, Malaya Pirogovskaya st., 1-1, Russia

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