FEATURES OF THE INTERRELATION OF SELFASSESSMENT AND LOCUS OF CONTROL IN HIGHER EDUCATION OBTAINERS

Abstract

The article presents a theoretical analysis and the results of an empirical study of the problem of the relationship between self-attitude and locus of control in students of higher education. The study of self-attitude of students of higher education showed that, in general, they have a positive attitude towards themselves, accept themselves as they are, but their self-interest, self-management, self-understanding, and autosympathy turned out to be insufficiently developed. Which indicates a relatively problematic attitude, the presence of an internal conflict. The study of the level of subjective control showed that externality prevails among the subjects in such areas of life as: general externality, externality in the area of failures; and internality, respectively, in the field of achievements, production, family, interpersonal relationships and health. That is, the researched students are ready to take responsibility where they really feel they have the power to control or change something. The analysis of the peculiarities of the relationship between self-attitude and the level of subjective control of the subjects allows us to state that the relationship between various aspects of self-attitude and the locus of control has been revealed. In general, the higher the level of self-esteem, self-acceptance and selfunderstanding, the more often a person is ready to take responsibility for achievements, failures, as well as for relationships – family, industrial, interpersonal. Thus, it can be stated that optimizing the attitude towards oneself, self-esteem, leads to increased responsibility for one’s own life. Key words: self-determination, locus of control, higher education student, personality.