SELF-ACTUALIZATION FEATURES OF PSYCHOLOGY DEPART- MENT STUDENTS

Abstract

This research contains the study of structural components of professional self-actualization of psychology department students. Professional maturity of psychologist personality first of all has to be determined by his humanistic orientation on self-actualization of its professional and personal potential.
According to B.G. Ananiev, the student age is the sensitive period for the development main sociogenic abilities of a human. This age is characterized by the optimum conditions for the psychological, biological and social development. Successfulness of educational and future professional activities of psychology department students grows owing to development of possibilities for increasing of self-respect, respect for others and hu- man nature in general, understanding and development of creative potential, certain abilities and qualities of personality.
Based on the results of theoretical analysis and the results of empirical study it was defined the factor structure of professional self-actualization of psychology department students, which includes five factors: “Self-actualization”, “Management abilities”, “Propensity for stress behavior”, “Self-regulation”, “Communicativeness”. It was defined that psychology department students with highly expressed level of professional self-actualization manifestation constitute minor percent within the total amount of students being investigated and are characterized by self-respect, spontaneity, proneness to perceive the human nature in general as posi- tive, by the independence of values and behavior from external factors, sensitivity, ability to take their annoyance, anger and aggression as natural to human essence. The results of psychodiagnostic study will be used as the basis for psychological forwarding programs during the study at a third level educational institution in order to promote personal-professional development of a future psychology specialist.