Psychological determinacy of communication styles of aviation industry students

Abstract

The article presents the results of a theoretical and empirical study of the problem of style peculiarities of the human life activities, namely the styles of communication of student youth aviation industry as a specific form of human activity, the essence of which is the interaction of partners, subject-subject relations. The style of life activities is considered as a way of existence of a person characterized by originality; it covers the entire system of human being, its internal and external manifestations, and provides activity of a certainty in the characterization and predictability of behavior in a wide range of situations. The authors proceed from the assumption that enhancement of the subject’s life activity requires taking into account the existing and expanding (or forming), in the given direction, style peculiarities of the activity in mutual connection to its personal qualities. The article reflects the basic theoretical foundations of the conducted research and the empirical data obtained on students’ communication styles and their connection with the mental qualities of the personality. It is revealed that modern student youth is characterized by use in communication of a wide range of means, among which, according to various classifications, prevail styles such as: altruistic, cooperative, collegial, liberal, dialogical, compromise, whichintheir content indicate the orientation of the subject on partner, cooperation with him, finding a common solution, mutual respect, etc., demonstrating the ability to communicate. The data obtained also indicate the need for students to expand the irarsenal of communication toolsanduse the ircap abilitiesin a variety of conditions and requirements of life activities. The study proved that there is a mutual connection between the communication styles with the mental (personality) qualities of students: personality qualities may lead to an inclination for a particular style of communication, and vice versa. The same testifies the possibility of their formation of certain styles on the basis of development (or creation) of corresponding personality qualities; extension of the same style peculiarities of interaction, the use by a person of specific styles in life will promote the development of personality’s associated with this mental formations.