Manifestations of personal characteristics and professional orientation of students in vocational education organizations

Introduction. The article is devoted to the study of the problems of personal characteristics of students in the context of their professional self-determination. The paper reveals the relevance of studying personal characteristics for the process of career guidance in modern education. Purpose setting. The purpose of the study was to identify differences in the manifestation of personal characteristics and professional orientation of students of vocational education organizations of different orientation. Methodology and methods of the study. The methods of personal characteristics research were used as psychodiagnostic tools: «Multifactorial personality questionnaire 16 PF» by R.B. Cattell, adapted by A.N. Kapustina; «Narcissistic personality traits» by O.A. Shamshikova and N.M. Klepikova; «Hikikomori questionnaire (HQ-25)» by Ya.S. Lyakina, A.A. Fedorov, and A.R. Theo, and methods of professional orientation: J. Holland’s test «Definition of a professional personality type» and L. Jovaiša’s «Definition of professional inclinations» methodology, modified by G.V. Rezapkina. Results. The results of a comparative analysis of the manifestations of personal characteristics and professional orientation of students from different professional educational organizations are presented. It has been established that students in aviation-technical, chemical-technological specialties and hairdressing specialties differ in the manifestations of such personal characteristics as closeness and sociability, lack of social interactions and emotional support, belief in their own uniqueness, the need for constant attention and admiration, preoccupation with fantasies and the level of intelligence, as well as professional orientation according to the parameters of research (intellectual) work, aesthetic activities and extreme activities, etc. Conclusion. Students of different professional educational institutions have significantly different expressions of personal characteristics and professional inclinations. These results make it possible to form effective career guidance programs for young people, as well as to build constructive work on the professional self-determination of students based on their personal characteristics.

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