Predictors Of Educational, Hobby-Related And Volunteer Activity Of Students

Abstract

Educational, developmental, hobby-related, communicative and volunteer activities are traditional for student communities. The relevance of the study of predictors for various forms of social activity of students is related to the need for their inclusion in the community and the development of initiative and creativity. The purpose of this study is to study the ways of expression and predictors of the educational, developmental, hobby-related, communicative and volunteer activities of students. Students from universities of Saratov region took part in the study. The total number of participants was 400 people (38% of them were men). In the study we used the test of social-psychological adjustment (SPA) by Diamond (TSPAD); the scale of basic needs satisfaction (SBNS) by Johnston Finney; the scales of activity expressiveness developed by the author of the study. Educational, developmental, hobby-related, and communicative activities occupy equally leading positions in the behavior of university students, unlike volunteer activity, which is much less expressed. It is shown that 21% of the variations in educational and developmental activity, 11% of variations of volunteer and 2% of hobby-related and communicative activity are explained by personal characteristics that are of primary importance for students adaptation. The basic need for competence determines variations in the sphere of educational and developmental (12%), hobby-related and communicative activities (8%). The assumption is made about the significant determination of students social activity by social skills and social intelligence.