Журнал «Психология образования в поликультурном пространстве»

PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING ON THE QUESTIONS OF ADAPTATION TO THE LEARNING ACTIVITY OF FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF LIFE-PURPOSE ORIENTATIONS

Author: Petrova Dina B., Tarasenko Maria L., Dostovalova Valeria E.

The article describes the results of the study of the adaptation features to educational activities of first-year students, depending on the level of life-purpose orientations. The relevance of the research topic can be explained by the fact that the period when a student enters the learning environment is characterized by tension and importance for the student’s personal and professional development. The professional career and personal development of the future specialist will depend on how the adaptation process goes. Insufficient theoretical and practical development of the problem of adaptation to educational activities of first-year students with different levels of meaningful life orientations led to the choice of the topic of the study presented in the article. To test the hypothesis that the process of adaptation to learning activities of first-year students has its own specifics depending on the level of life-purpose orientations, and the optimal indicators of life-purpose orientations in first-year students are observed at an average level of self-esteem, an experimental study was conducted, including ascertaining, forming and control stages. Statistically significant changes in the indicators of adaptation to educational activities of the subjects of the experimental group allowed the authors to conclude that due to the creation of special conditions, including systematic advisory sessions aimed at developing meaningful life orientations by optimizing the level of self-esteem of first-year students, there is an increase in the indicators of adaptation to educational activities of first-year students. The data obtained by the authors can become the basis for the development and the implementation of psychological support programs for first-year students on issues of adaptation to educational activities.