Scientific principles and features of the level of self-assessment of future specialists

Abstract

The content of the article is aimed at explaining and defining the conceptual foundations of self-esteem as a prerequisite for the self-development of future specialists. In modern society, where professional identity and personal development are becoming key factors in a successful career, understanding self-esteem as a psychological construct becomes especially relevant. The purpose of the study is to theoretically study the factors that form self-esteem, as well as experimentally determine its levels: high, adequate and low. The research methodology is based on questionnaires and testing of students, which makes it possible to obtain objective data on self-esteem and identify features of its level. As a result of the study, it was established that there are no significant differences in quantitative and qualitative indicators of insufficiently high, adequate and inadequately low levels of self-esteem among future educational psychologists and future specialists from other educational institutions. More than half of the 361 subjects who took part in the experiment rated their self-esteem as inadequate. In both sample groups, about a third of the participants rated themselves as adequate. Subjects who rated their self-esteem as inadequate accounted for approximately one-fifth of the total number of subjects in each group. The contribution of this work is to deepen the understanding of self-esteem as an important aspect of personal and professional development, as well as to develop recommendations for increasing adequate self-esteem in students. The practical significance of the results of the work lies in the possibility of using the data obtained to create programs for the support and development of future specialists, which, in turn, contributes to their successful integration into the professional environment.

Keywords: self-esteem, self-development, personal qualities, professional qualities.