Research of the features of volitional regulation of medical university students

the professional training of medical specialists is associated with high psychoemotional loads, which places special demands on the level of development of the volitional self-regulation system. Research in this area is one of the key issues for improving the effectiveness and subsequent professional adaptation of future doctors. The purpose of the study was to identify the characteristics and levels of development of volitional qualities in first-year medical university students as the most stable characteristics of their volitional sphere. 185 1st-year students of Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko (specialty "Medical practice") participated in the study. The psychological diagnosis was carried out using M.V. Chumakov's methodology "Volitional qualities of personality", which makes it possible to assess the general level of development of volitional self-regulation and the degree of formation of nine specific volitional qualities. Based on the results obtained during the application of the methodology, it was found that half of the subjects (50.8%) had an average level of volitional self-regulation, 44.3% had a high level, and only 4.9% had a low level. The qualities of the first-year students turned out to be single–mindedness, responsibility and initiative, the least formed were endurance, attentiveness and energy, which may indicate a lack of self-control skills, concentration and psychophysiological endurance among the respondents from the study group. The data obtained make it possible to design and test psychological and pedagogical programs aimed at the purposeful development of the volitional sphere of medical students, in particular its least formed components.

volitional self-regulation, volitional personality traits, attentiveness, self-control, initiative, perseverance, responsibility, determination, independence, purposefulness, energy