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DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF THE RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE VERSION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE “PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL” FOR THE USE IN HIGHER EDUCATION // Pedagogical Review. 2022. Issue 6 (46). P. 168-180

The authors have developed and tested Russian-language version of the questionnaire “Psychological Capital” (“PsyCap”) for use in higher education. This questionnaire was developed and based on the F. Lutans, K. Joseph and B. Avolio questionnaire. They created it for the needs of organizational psychology. B. Lutans, K. Lutans and S. Jensen modified it for the field of education. Psychological capital includes four parameters: self–efficacy (confidence in the successful achievement of goals and in solving problems); hope (the ability to redirect ways to achieve goals); optimism (is a positive attitude to success); resilience (is the ability to withstand difficulties). “PsyCap” questionnaires in various modifications (“PsyCap-24”, “PsyCap-12”) are widely used in modern psychology. There is no translation and adaptation of this questionnaire in Russian psychology, especially for the needs of higher education. It determined the relevance and purpose of this study. There are 130 students – future psychologists of Cherepovets State University took part in the survey. The authors checked their questionnaire and determinate it is reliability and validity. They do it by splitting the test into two parts. Authors use Cronbach’s alpha coefficient to check the internal consistency of each scale of the questionnaire, and the generalized indicator with all scales. Authors verify empirical validity by comparing the scales of the questionnaire with the results obtained using other known psychology tests. As a result, authors concluded that other researchers can use that questionnaire in the field of higher education to diagnose the psychological capital of students.

Keywords: psychological capital, confidence, self-efficacy, hope, optimism, stability

Qualitative characteristics of students’ involvement in educational activities (in the view of lecturers and students) // Pedagogical Review. 2023. Issue 6 (52). P. 143-153

Currently, students studying at higher educational institutions must meet a number of requirements. This includes involvement in the educational process. Higher school teachers are required to monitor the level of engagement, as well as to form it among students. In the theoretical part of the article, the authors consider approaches to the interpretation of involvement. The authors compare it with terms that are consonant and similar in content. They also conducted an analysis of engagement studies in the framework of organizational, socio-pedagogical and psychological-pedagogical directions. The purpose of the empirical study is to identify the qualitative characteristics of students’ involvement in educational activities in the representation of teachers and students. 80 respondents took part in the study (university teachers and students of 2-5 courses of socio-humanitarian and psychological-pedagogical areas of training). As a result, the authors identified meaningful characteristics of involvement in educational activities. In addition, they identified a number of factors that have a stronger impact on the formation of students’ involvement in educational activities. The scientific novelty of the work is the presentation of the analysis of approaches to involvement, the analysis of the content characteristics of students’ involvement in educational activities, as well as the factors of formation of this type of involvement.

Keywords: engagement, educational activity, students

Dynamics of sensitivity to a human among students of psychological and pedagogical directions of training // Pedagogical Review. 2024. Issue 1 (53). P. 107-114

The modern educational process in a higher educational institution should have a personal and professional orientation. The development of personal and professional competencies necessary for future teachers and psychologists is the most important task of training specialists in this area. Sensitivity to another person is one of these competencies. The theoretical part of the article analyzes the concept of “sensitivity to a person,” reveals the structure of this concept and describes the components of sensitivity to another, such as interest in a person, empathy, understanding and help. The purpose of empirical research is to identify the dynamics of sensitivity to humans in students of psychological and pedagogical areas of training. In total, 163 students of psychological and pedagogical areas of training at Cherepovets State University (from 1 to 5 years) took part in the study. As a result, it was found that the level of sensitivity to humans among students of psychological and pedagogical areas of training is quite high, some of its decline occurs only in the second or third year. The most pronounced sensitivity parameters in students of all courses are empathy and help. To a lesser extent, students have an interest in the individual and an understanding of the individual. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the fact that an analysis of the dynamics of sensitivity in students of psychological and pedagogical areas of training is presented, “problem” zones have been identified when it is formed at different stages of study at the university. The data obtained show the importance of purposeful formation of sensitivity to humans among students of psychological and pedagogical areas of training both in the framework of educational activities and in extracurricular activities.

Keywords: interest in the person, understanding, help, sensitivity to the person, empathy