Psychosemantic analysis of the metaphor "internal support" on the basis of the content- analysis

Dybova Anastasia Valentinovna, Ragulina Marina Vladimirovna

The article presents a semantic analysis of the metaphor "internal support" in the structure of self-consciousness of practicing psychologists and psychology students. Comprehensive psychological description of the "internal support" phenomenon. The article contains the symbolic description of the metaphor "internal support" based on the opinions of practicing psychologists and psychology students is presented. The meaning of the metaphor "internal support" is described in details on the basis of content analysis. The role of the metaphor "internal support" in the work of practicing psychologists is described. The meaning of the metaphor "internal support" as a symbol of the resource state is revealed.

Keywords:practicing psychologists, students of psychology, internal support, content analysis, semantic analysis, symbolism, metaphor.