EXISTISTAL FACTORS OF PROFESSIONAL CHOICE OF STUDENTS OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL DIRECTIONS OF VVSU
The article is devoted to the results of a professional choice of students in the information technology direction of training. The urgency of studying the factors of the professional choice of students of this direction at the present time is substantiated. As a factor of professionalization, professional involvement is represented, it is proved that it is the key to the success of professional choice. The relationship between existential fulfillment and professional choice was considered. The emphasis is on awareness of the choice of a profession by school leavers. The absence of an effective system of psychological support for the process of professional choice is indicated as a problem. In the presented study, the hypothesis was tested about the existence of a connection between such existential factors as "self-distancing", "self-transcendence", "freedom", "responsibility", "personality" that constitute existential fulfillment, and professional involvement of the student in vocational education. The hypothesis was tested on an experimental sample consisting of students of higher professional education (N = 53) of information technology directions. As a result of the study, it was concluded that students with an average level of professional involvement have a statistically significant relationship on all scales other than Freedom (F), can say that the "optimal" level of involvement in educational or professional activity is one of the factors, affecting the level of existential fulfillment, which indicates the finding in the profession of meaning and self-fulfillment.