PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL SELF-DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE PSYCHOLOGISTS

Abstract

The article analyzes modern theoretical and empirical studies of the problem of personal and professional self-development of future psychologists. The purpose of the theoretical and empirical research is to analyze the psychological factors (mechanisms) of the personal and professional self-development of future psychologists during the period of study in higher education institutions. The relationship and interdependence of personal and professional self-development is revealed, and approaches to determining their essence and structure are analyzed. The analysis of scientific sources of the essence of personal and professional self-development helps to define this phenomenon as a complex of personal attributes, professional knowledge and skills that determine the success of self-improvement and increase the efficiency of professional activities to the level of professionalism. The personal and cognitive features that determine the personal and professional self-development of the future specialist are analyzed. The results of an empirical study of reflection as the main mechanism of personal and professional self-development of future psychologists are presented. According to the results of empirical research, future psychologists have an average and low level of development of reflexivity, which indicates an incomplete analysis of their own behavior, their state in conditions of constant changes, past events and themselves in them; do not take into account their capabilities in planning the results of their activities, have difficulties in understanding the behavior of other people.  It is summarized that professional training has a positive effect on the development of reflection of future psychologists, but those with a low level revealed a lack of reflection skills and unpreparedness for personal and professional self-development. The conclusions describe ways to optimize the development of reflection and personal and professional self-development.