SOCIAL GIFTEDNESS OF VOLUNTEERS ON SPORT EVENTS

Abstract

The article analyzes the problems of social giftedness of volunteers – participants in the preparation and realization of international sports events. Communicative and organizational tendencies, psychological culture, intercultural tolerance are considered the main components of social giftedness. Thanks to the research with two groups of respondents (one group consisted of volunteers who took part in EURO UEFA 2012 and the Sochi Winter Olympics, and the second group included students who are planning to take part in sport volunteer activities), it was found that in the group of volunteers, communication and organizational tendency expressed at a higher level than in the group of candidates for the volunteers. Psychological conditions that are necessary for the development and support of these tendencies were identified.