PSYCHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF A SET OF AUTHOR'S QUESTIONNAIRES ON VOLITIONAL QUALITIES OF PERSONALITY IN THE STRUCTURE OF REGULATORY SOFT SKILLS

Abstract

The relevance of the study is determined by the growing scientific interest in the phenomenon of soft skills as a key resource for successful professional activity, adaptability, and individual competitiveness under conditions of socio-economic instability. Despite the substantial number of theoretical approaches, the problem of psychological operationalization and reliable empirical measurement of the regulatory component of soft skills remains insufficiently developed.

The aim of the study is to conduct a psychometric analysis of a set of author-developed questionnaires assessing volitional personality traits in order to substantiate their applicability for evaluating regulatory soft skills among higher education students.

Research methods included theoretical analysis and systematization of scientific sources, as well as empirical psychodiagnostic methods followed by mathematical and statistical data processing (assessment of internal consistency using Cronbach’s alpha, item–total correlation analysis, and descriptive statistics analysis). The empirical sample consisted of 654 full-time higher education students from various fields of study.

The results of the study confirmed sufficient and high reliability, internal consistency, and content validity of the author-developed questionnaires aimed at diagnosing initiative, persistence, perseverance, decisiveness, responsibility, and discipline.

Conclusions. The obtained results substantiate the feasibility of considering volitional traits as psychological indicators of the regulatory component of soft skills and confirm the possibility of practical application of the proposed instruments for psychodiagnostic and research purposes.