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This article analyzes the problem of internal personality conflicts from the the standpoint of existential-phenomenological ontology. The article presents a theoretical substantiation of phenomenological ontology as a nonclassical paradigm in the human sciences to solve existential conflicts in personality. It is noted that the main models of internal conflict do not give a satisfactory answer to the question of psychogenesis and psychological mechanisms for resolving existential conflicts. It is emphasized that it is perspective to analyze internal conflicts, relying upon phenomenological ontology and the existential approach. The main provisions of phenomenological ontology presented in the works of Husserl and Heidegger, as the founders of this scientific direction, are considered in a psychological context. A classification of existential experiences of a difficult life world is proposed, depending on the intra- and inter-orientation of mental processes. The concepts of the self-closing life world, ambivalent Other, ambivalent intentionality, spontaneous involvement are introduced, making it possible to substantiate a conceptual model for resolving existential personality conflicts. It is concluded that the resolution of existential conflicts is associated with the feeling of an intersubjective life-world, in which the ambivalent Other and spontaneous bodily involvement play a primary role.
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Krasilnikov, I. Inner Conflict of Personality in the Paradigm of Existential-Phenomenological Ontology. Integr. psych. behav. 56, 1002–1028 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-021-09663-3
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