Existential execution and professional motivation in subjects of helping professions

Aim. Analysis of the nature of the relationship between existential fulfillment and professional motivation among subjects of helping professions.

Methodology. The authors analyzed scientific papers and empirical material on the study of the phenomena of existential fulfillment and professional motivation. An ascertaining experiment was carried out. The article presents the results of the study of the relationship of these phenomena in psychologists as subjects of helping professions. The sample consisted of 153 people (31 men and 122 women). Practicing psychologists-consultants with experience from 3 to 6 years, aged 27 to 42 years. To conduct the study, the following methods were applied: Questionnaire Scale of Existence (SE) S.V. Krivtsova, A. Lenglet, K. Orgler, a questionnaire for diagnosing the motives of professional activity of specialists T.N. Frantseva (2010), a methodology for assessing the motivation of professional activity by K. Zamfir (modified by A.A. Rean).

Results. The results of the study showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between existential fulfillment and professional motivation, namely: high rates of existential fulfillment of psychologists correspond to the motive of professional activity - “self-realization motive” and such regulatory factors as “value regulation”, “volitional regulation” and internal and external positive motivation.

Research implications. The work contributes to the study of existential aspects of choice, motivation of subjects of helping professions. The data obtained can be useful in the activities of educational institutions that offer training, additional education, retraining or advanced training of specialists in helping professions in order to improve the quality of the services offered and develop training programs that are most consistent with the goals of training qualified professionals. And also when creating training programs for the formation and updating of professionally important qualities in future psychologists, as well as programs for the prevention of emotional burnout. Empirical materials can form the basis for the study of meaningful life, value orientations and the study of the existential dynamics of these aspects in psychologists.

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