Adaptation of first-year students in higher education: meaning aspects and relation to ontological security
https://doi.org/10.23947/2658-7165-2022-5-6-52-66
Abstract
Introduction. The problem of meaning aspects in first-year students' adaptation to the university still relevant, because it is not well studied. The aim of the research is to study the peculiarities of first-year students' adaptability in connection with the personality life position, ontological security and meaning of life orientations. Novelty of the research lies in exploring the connection between ontological security, personality life position and adaptability.
Methods. 109 first-year students participated in the research. We used «Method of Research of Students Adaptability in the Higher Educational Establishment» (T. D. Dubovitskaya, A. V. Krylova), "Test of meaning-life orientations" (MLO) (D. A. Leontiev), "Personality life position" (PLP) (D. A. Leontiev), psychometric method "Ontological security" (OS(PM)) (N. V. Kopteva).
Results. Significant positive correlations were found between general meaningfulness of life, general ontological security and level of adaptability. The most significant medium strength correlations with the scale «Adaptation to the study group» were obtained with the following scales: "Process of life" of the MLO, "Harmony with Life" of the PLP methodology, "Vital contacts with the world" of the OS(PM). For the scale «Adaptation to the educational activity» medium strength significant correlations were obtained with the "Purpose in life" and "Locus of control – Self" scales.
In the Discussion we indicate the consistency of our results with the available results. It confirms the importance of using meaningful education methods.
About the Authors
V. D. Voronaya
Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
fourth-year student of the "Clinical Psychology" direction
E. A. Pronenko
Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Associate Professor of the Department of General and Pedagogical Psychology
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Voronaya V.D., Pronenko E.A. Adaptation of first-year students in higher education: meaning aspects and relation to ontological security. Innovative science: psychology, pedagogy, defectology. 2022;5(6):52-66. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.23947/2658-7165-2022-5-6-52-66
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