FACTOR MODEL OF PROACTIVITY OF FUTURE TECHNICAL SPECIALISTS

Abstract

The article is devoted to highlighting the results of an empirical study aimed at constructing and interpreting a factor model of proactivity of future technical specialists. The total sample size involved in this study is 240 people. Empirical generalization of the set of variables was carried out using the principal component analysis method and minimizing the number of variables by maximizing the variance of loadings in the factors, the number of which was determined using the Kaiser criterion. Information is provided on the scales of psychodiagnostic techniques that were involved in the factor analysis procedure. As a result of the factor analysis of the proactivity of future technical specialists, nine factors were identified, covering 76.89% of the variance. Based on the obtained high indicator of the total variance, a conclusion was made about the factorization of a significant part of the data set. The first factor, called «from forecast to action», indicates the presence of close interaction between the indicators of the cognitive and volitional components of proactivity of future engineers. The factor loadings of the scales that formed the second factor made it possible to identify it as «internal control». Considering the content of the factor loadings, the third factor was called «activity reflection». Analysis of the psychological variables included in the fourth factor allowed us to define it as a factor of «value attitude towards oneself». The fifth factor was called «prosocial orientation», and the sixth – «assessment of one’s own self». Considering the content of the factor loading of the seventh factor allows it to be identified as «projecting the future». The eighth factor was called «responsible attitude towards others», and the ninth – «responsible attitude towards activity». The chosen statistical method made it possible to build an empirical model of the proactivity of future engineers and to clarify the internal conditions that determine its development.