Research of the Maturity of Deed Among Students with Different Locus of Control

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of differences in the level of maturity of the deed among students with different locus of control. The relevance of this study is related to the development of personalized education in higher education institutions in Russia. In conditions where the student can choose the content of a part of the educational program, the result will depend on his ability to make, in fact, vital choice. Locus of control is considered as one of the essential factors determining the quality of choice for the student himself. The materials of empirical research obtained from a sample of students studying in the higher education system of Tyumen are presented. 98 people aged 17 to 27 years (M = 19.61; SD = 1.8) took part in the research. Of these, 25.5 % were men, 74.4 % were women. The methods used were “Questionnaire for the study of the level of subjective control (USC)” by J. Rotter, adapted by E. F. Bazhin, E. A. Golynkina, L. M. Etkind to determine the locus of control and “Research of Deeds” by V. A. Startseva, E. L. Dotsenko, O. V. Pchelina to identify the level of maturity of the deed. Methods of statistical processing: descriptive statistics, comparative analysis. The results obtained make it possible to say that there is a statistically significant difference in the level of maturity of the deed among students with an internal and external locus of control. The level of maturity of deeds is significantly higher in participants with an internal locus of control. Participants with an internal locus of control use a wider repertoire of deeds when solving a diagnostic task.