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DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.093.022.201804.681-695
Self-Control as a Core Component of Professional Competence of IT Students
Milana F. Bakunovich
Head of the Chair of Psychological Support of Professional Activities of the Institute of Psychology of Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University (18 Sovetskaya St., Minsk 220030, Belarus), Ph.D. (Psychology), Associate Professor, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-5939, Researcher ID: T-7875-2018,
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Natalia L. Stankevich
Graduate Associate of the Chair of Psychological Support of Professional Activities, Institute of Psychology of Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University (18 Sovetskaya St., Minsk 220030, Belarus), Master (Psychology), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0704-7448, Researcher ID: T-5399-2018, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Introduction. With jobs becoming more stressful, professional competences in solving tactical and strategic tasks grow in importance. The systematic self-control in stressful environment helps to find a rational approach, provides for work’s accuracy and productivity. It is important to study IT-students self-control experimentally as far as there is a discrepancy between employers’ demands and young employees’ skills. The article reveals the issue of self-control and highlights its importance. The authors present their experimental findings on IT-specialists’ self-control in stressful working conditions.
Materials and Methods. The experiment exploits methodological triangulation and involves both qualitative (interview, observation) and quantitative (tests) research. Content-analysis and statistical methods were applied.
Results. The emotional control deteriorates under conditions of monotony and time-pressure. The attention of IT-students is unsustainable. Their actions become slower and less precise. The lack of self-control is observed.
Discussion and Conclusion. The self-control is essential for professional competence of IT students. The latter lacks self-control under stress. The article considers perspective ways of the self-control development. The findings have practical importance for psychologists and educators. They can be applied in psychological support programs for high school and university students as well as for self-control training. Further studies should focus on IT-students’ self-control formation and enhancement.
Keywords: self-control, emotional and volitional constituents of self-control, IT students, stressful working conditions, activity’s accuracy and productivity, technologies of self-control development
For citation: Bakunovich M.F., Stankevich N.L. Self-Control as a Core Component of Professional Competence of IT Students. Integratsiya obrazovaniya = Integration of Education. 2018; 22(4):681-695. DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.093.022.201804.681-695
Contribution of the authors:
Milana F. Bakunovich – scientific management and counseling at all stages of the study; formulation and specification of the research problem; conducting critical analysis.
Natalia L. Stankevich – conducting research; analyzing and summarizing the results; informative description of the data and the formulation of conclusions.
All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Submitted 06.02.2018; revised 06.06.2018; published online 28.12.2018.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
