Value Orientations of College Students with Different Status of Professional Identity

Abstract

This study aims to identify the meaningful relationship of personal value orientations depending on professional identity status. The article presents the results of a study of students' value orientations of a pedagogical college with different professional identity status. The data obtained based on the conducted correlation and frequency analysis allow concluding that there are substantial and structural differences in the value sphere of students of a pedagogical college due to professional identity development level. The study results indicate that the value sphere of students with achieved professional identity is characterized by an integral structure, where the leading values are associated with selfleadership, self-actualization, and self-development. Among students with a crisis of professional identity, the value sphere is characterized by partial instability and an active search position concerning resources, support and means of self-development. For students with an indefinite and imposed professional identity, the value sphere's state reflects an insufficient readiness for professional development. The factors of the system formation of value orientations are the conditions promoting professional self-determination, as indicated by the simplified structure of students' values with an immature and emerging professional identity.