Motivational and personal characteristics of students taking part in the implementation of volunteer projects of a social orientation

Abstract

Problem and objective. The study is aimed at studying the totality of motivational, personal characteristics and value orientations of students participating in the implementation of volunteer projects of a social orientation. The purpose of the study: to present the structural characteristics of the personal potential of students participating in volunteer activities, to identify the personal characteristics that determine the involvement in volunteering in order to develop effective educational approaches and practices to strengthen the active life position of student youth, to involve them in various forms of social participation, care and support in the current period. Research methods. The study involved 86 students of the Belgorod National Research University. Methods of progress monitoring and psychological testing were used: Method Questionnaire of internal-external motivational orientation; Method Multifactor personality questionnaire FPI; Hardiness Test; Method Research of value orientations; Method for diagnosing the orientation of the personality; Method for diagnosing socio-psychological attitudes of a person in the motivational-demanding sphere. Results of the study. The structure of personal potential determining the formation of the desire for volunteer activity is presented. The model of psychological support of students for the purpose of introduction to volunteer activity is defined. In particular, it is necessary to work on the formation of a motivational-need component, emotional-volitional, communicative, value-semantic, cognitive. Compared to students who are not involved in volunteer activities, students involved in volunteer activities are characterized by a higher level of resilience (tEMP=10,1), risk-taking (tEMP=8,3), involvement (tEMP=7,4). People who realize their personal potential in volunteering are more activity-oriented (tEMP=6,8). Their individual psychological characteristics are characterized by greater sociability (tEMP=7,6), poise (tEMP=6,9), openness (tEMP=8,3), emotional stability (tEMP=9,2). They are more resultoriented (tEMP=8,2), prone to altruism (tEMP=7,7). Conclusion. The mechanism and conditions of personalization of students' volunteer activity indicated in the study have no exact analogues in modern practice-oriented developments and can be used in the formation of the educational potential of volunteer activity among students.