Development Dynamics of Psychology Students’ Conflict Competence Under the Pilot Program
Author(s)
Lyubov A. Fomina, Postgraduate Student of the Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology of the Faculty of Psychology, https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0430-5889, Irkutsk State University
1 Karl Marx St, Irkutsk, Russia, 664003, tel: +7 (3952) 202349, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elena A. Kedyarova, Candidate of Sciences (Psychology), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Pedagogical and Developmental Psychology, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9124-9503, Irkutsk State University
1 Karl Marx St, Irkutsk, Russia, 664003, tel: +7 (3952) 202349, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Nadezhda I. Chernetskaya, Doctor of Sciences (Psychology), Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Pedagogical and Developmental Psychology, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7082-5444, AuthorID: 472536; Scopus ID: 57216888358, Irkutsk State University
1 Karl Marx St, Irkutsk, Russia, 664003, tel: +7 (3952) 202349, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract. Introduction. Conflict competence is an important part of the professionally important qualities of a psychologist, but the practice of higher psychological education does not always provide for the purposeful development of this competence, and graduate psychologists often find themselves unprepared to solve professional problems related to conflicts. The authors provide the results of the study of trends in the dynamics of conflict competence development under the program implemented on the basis of the Psychology Department of Irkutsk State University.
Materials and Methods. The sample of the study consisted of 20 students who participated in the experimental program on a long-term basis - during all four years of study in the profile “Psychology”. Among the psychodiagnostic methods used were: E.E. Tunik’s test to assess personal creativity, A.I. Tashcheva’s test to calculate the semantic index of negative perception of conflicts, E.P. Ilyin and P.A. Kovalev’s test to identify personal aggressiveness and conflict, test by V. V. Boyko to identify emotional efficiency in communication, A. V. Karpov’s reflexivity test and the Thomas-Kilmann test to identify behavioral strategies in conflict situations.
Results. It was proven that as a result of a four-year formative program, psychology students experienced the following changes: a decrease in the semantic index of negative perception of conflicts, an increase in positive aggressiveness and a decrease in negative aggressiveness, a decrease in general conflict, a decrease in intolerance to the opinions of other people, a decrease in suspicion, a decrease in the index of emotional interference in establishing contacts, and a decrease in the frequency of using strategies for avoiding conflicts and adapting to them.
Discussion and Conclusion. The assessment of dynamic trends as a result of long-term studies made it possible to prove the effectiveness of the program for all three components of conflict competence, as well as to identify the strongest “points” of the program in each component.
Keywords: conflict competence, components of conflict competence, student psychologists, psychological education
For citation: Fomina L.А., Kedyarova E.А., Chernetskaya N.I. Development Dynamics of Psychology Students’ Conflict Competence Under the Pilot Program. Pedagogicheskiy IMIDZH = Pedagogical IMAGE. 2024; 18 (4). Pp. 557-573. (In Russ.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.32343/2409-5052-2024-18-4-557-573
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32343/2409- 5052-2024-18-4-557-573
UDС: 159.99+378
The article was submitted to the editorial office on 25.09.2024, approved after review on 24.11.2024, and accepted for publication on 30.11.2024.