Psychological preparation of future psychologists to work with the problem of bullying in the new ukrainian school

Abstract

The article summarizes the theoretical aspects of the phenomenon of bullying, reveals the components of the work of a psychologist with the problem of bullying in the New Ukrainian school, analyzes the scope of psychologists working with bullying in the school environment, highlights the problem of determining and justifying the content and structure of psychological training, the components of psychological readiness of future psychologists to work with the problem of bullying and their criteria and typical difficulties in the formation of components of psychological readiness of future psychologists to work with the problem of bullying are determined. Bullying among school children is one of the most acute problems in modern educational psychology. For its effective solution, high-quality training of psychologists with psychological preparation trained to work with this phenomenon in the school setting is required. This readiness is a psychological formation, the structure of which includes cognitive, motivational, operational, emotional and personal components that develop unevenly in the process of personal and professional growth. As the results of theoretical research have shown, psychological training depends on the quality of the formation of these components. The author's questionnaire “Self-analysis of psychological readiness to work with the problem of a bully” was used in the study. The results of the survey show that the vast majority of students assess their psychological readiness to work with the problem of bullying at an average level, but are interested in this phenomenon (some have a high level of motivation for future work with this phenomenon), they are positive about preparing for work. With it, in the future present themselves as effective. The main difficulties that arise during the formation of components of psychological readiness of students of psychology to work with the problem of bullying are related to problems in mastering the methods and techniques of psychological and pedagogical impact on the student body, insufficient mastery of methodological tools to work with problem people.