USING THE REPERTORY GRIDS METHOD IN THE STUDY OF SOCIAL WORK SPECIALISTS’ PERSONALITY TRAITS

Abstract

The article deals with the problems of personality researches in professional psychology and development of contemporary diagnostic methods for professional’s personality. There were considered the foundation of the psychology of personal constructs G. Kelly and his repertory grids method. It was elaborated the estimated repertory grid for the diagnostic of social work professional’s personality traits. The ways for qualitative
and quantitative analysis and interpretation of grid data is given. It is approved that semantic and statistical analysis of specialists’ individual constructs are perspective for investigations of social worker’s professional personality traits.