Subjective determinants of social activity of the student youth

Irina Arendachuk,I.V Abakumova,E.V Vorobyova

doi:10.1051/shsconf/20197008003

Abstract

The article contains the analysis of peculiarities of social activity of students at different levels of professional education, aimed at the identification of typical spheres of its manifestation and subjective determinants. The sample contained 138 college and university students aged from 17 to 25 (Saratov Region, Russia). The questionnaire helped to explore forms of social activity and related spheres of life. In order to study subjective characteristics we used: the questionnaire for studying the structure of subjectivity (E. N. Volkova, I. A. Seregina), ’’Level of personal subjectivity development’’ technique (M. A. Shchukina), personality self-determination test (B. Sheldon, modified by E. N. Osin). It has been shown that the most typical spheres of social activity manifestation among the student youth are leisure, virtual, and educational spheres of life. College students’ subjective determination of social activity was not revealed; its predictors among bachelor’s students are level characteristics of subjectivity development ’’mediation–immediacy’’ and personality’s self-determination markers ’’autonomy’’ and ’’self-expression’’, while level characteristics among master’s students are ’’creativity–mediocrity’’, ’’autonomy–dependency’’, ’’integrity–non-integrability’’, and ’’self-development’’. The higher the level of professional education received by students, the less pronounced is their social activity, which is becoming more and more determined by personal subjective characteristics.

Highlights

The relevance of studies of different aspects of the student youth activity within social context is determined by its special position in the society
Students do not see the opportunity for manifestation of their social activity and realize it through communication and the establishment of social contacts to achieve their self-realization goals [2], on the other hand they try to influence the world and people around them and express their individuality [3]
Students’ social activity was defined using the questionnaire containing 12 forms of social activity, which were assessed by the participants according to the level of their manifestation on the scale from 1 to 5

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Introduction

The relevance of studies of different aspects of the student youth activity within social context is determined by its special position in the society. The specifics of student youths social activity is determined by the search for the possibilities of meeting new friends, communicating with the professionals in their chosen area, and finding new hobbies, which could be helpful in determining their personal and professional growth [8]

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