Prediction of social responsibility in future psychologists based on the characteristics of their value orientations

Values are an integral part of culture, a person perceives the world through his/her own system of values and value orientations. In this paper, an attempt is made to identify the manifestations of the components of social responsibility of future psychologists based on the system of their value orientations. The aim of the study is to dentify values that have a more universal and predictive power in relation to the manifestation of social responsibility. Research methods. The linear multiple regression analysis was performed for each of the six established factors of the understanding social responsibility by future psychologists. Values (Schwartz’s model of values) acted as predictor variables, and indicators on social responsibility factors (the model of social responsibility by O. Kovalchuk) acted as dependent variables. Results of the research. To predict the indicators of social responsibility of future psychologists based on the characteristics of their value orientations on factor 1 - civil consciousness – the significant values such as rules, universalism, public safety, achievements, traditions, dependence, which have positive links with factor 1, instead , interpersonal conformity and resources are negatively correlated with this factor. Six independent variables have significant links with factor 2 - legal consciousness: “Rules”, “Dependence”, “Universalism”, “Social Security”, “Resources”, “Tolerance”. The sixvalues of “Rules”, “Dominance”, “Universalism”, “Personal Security”, “Autonomy of Action”, “Interpersonal Conformity” predict factor 3 -reflection on the consequences of one’s actions. Factor 4 - moral  consciousness - is predicted by six values: “Universalism”, “Personal Security”, “Dependence”, “Rules”, “Autonomy of Action”, “Dominance”. It is proved that the seven values such as “Universalism”, “Tolerance”, “Dependence”, “Traditions”, “Personal Security”, “Achievements”, “Resources” are predictors of factor 5 - Altruism. Conclusion. Thus, it is proved that social responsibility can be predicted by such values as universalism, security, care, interpersonal conformity and dependence.