Features of student's behavioral control with different university study success

• Published in: Vestnik Mininskogo universiteta Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 7
• Main Author: Ryazhkin, A. O.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University 01.04.2024
• Subjects: behavioral control; cognitive control; emotional control; subject; university study; university study success; volitional control
• DOI: 10.26795/2307-1281-2024-12-1-7
• ISSN: 2307-1281

Introduction. In this article, we studied students psyche features, which are significant characteristics in achieving university study success. As these characteristics we studied features of behavioral control, which contain three levels: cognitive, volitional and emotional. To determine the role of behavioral control in university study success, we classified the represented in the sample students for three levels of success. After that we compared their indicators of behavioral control. Materials and Methods. Sample: 256 students from three different universities, studying in different educational directions and different courses. The age from 17 to 23 years, 189 women and 67 men. Data collection: testing method and peer review method. Methods: «Morphological test of life values» by V. Sopov, L. Karpushina, Questionnaire of satisfaction with educational activity by L. Mishchenko, Questionnaire of various types of educational work needs by O. Osipova, «The style of self-regulation of behavior – SSP-98» by V. Morosanova, «Action-control Scale» by Yu. Kul, «Ways of Coping» by R. Lazarus adapted by T. Kryukova and E. Kuftyak. Data processing: hierarchical cluster analysis to classify respondents according to the level of their university study success. H-Kruskal-Wallace and U-Mann-Whitney to compare indicators of behavioral control. Results. As a result of the classification, we identified three groups of students, which corresponding low, medium and high levels of the university study success. We found significant difference (p < 0,05) at all levels of behavioral control between students of different university study success levels. After pairwise comparison between students from three levels of success we found mixed picture in behavioral control indicators. Discussion and Conclusions. We can conclude, that behavioral control is a significant characteristic of the university study success. Successful students showing the characteristic features of behavioral control, which allows them to act as subjects of educational and professional activities.