Psychological safety in a modern university environment
https://doi.org/10.21626/j-chr/2024-4(41)/2
Abstract
Relevance. The balance in relationships, the desire to satisfy the needs of the individual in the harmonious interchange of man with society increases in the context of the development of society. The provision of psychological security of the individual in the conditions of the surrounding reality, the components of which are the creation of conditions for effective adaptation of the individual, acts as a determinant of modern society. The psychological safety of the educational environment, as a factor of productive socio-psychological adaptability of a personality, the formation of its individual and personal characteristics, is the most important and in-demand problem for study. The purpose of the work is to determine the directions and structure of the work of psychological services of an educational organization.
Materials and methods. An integrative theoretical analysis of the problems of ensuring the psychological safety of an educational institution through the construction of modern psychological services of institutions of higher education. Theoretical analysis of literature, questionnaires, work with documents.
Results. Currently, the work of the psychological services of Russian universities is proceeding with some difficulties. Along with the great demand for conducting research in this field and empirically obtained research results reflecting the specifics of the activities of psychological services, in this context there are a number of research questions on the study of functional and substantive characteristics of the activities of psychologists of institutions of higher professional education who carry out psychodiagnostics, psychosucation, various types of psychotherapeutic and psychological counseling; conducting socio-psychological trainings; psychocorrection, etc. All these areas and types are reflected in the open structures of psychological assistance services. As determinative tasks, experts identify the provision of emergency psychological assistance to participants in the educational space; the provision of psychological services on request in various conditions using remote technologies. Additional tasks to ensure psychological safety are the popularization of psychological knowledge.
Conclusions. The activity of psychological services of the university in the context of their value potential is focused on the search and approval of universal principles, qualification requirements for psychologists, staffing, standards for quantitative indications, labor standards, remuneration, rights, duties, responsibilities, structuring the provision of psychological safety and psychological assistance to participants in the educational process. At the moment, there is also no protection for a legal psychologist, there is no normative interdepartmental interaction (medical specialists- psychiatrist, psychotherapist, medical psychologist), there is no regulatory framework for the supervision of psychologists.
About the Authors
V. L. BarkovaRussian Federation
Head Department of Social Work, Candidate of Sciences in Psychology, Associate Professor
117997, Moscow, st. Ostrovityanova, 1
A. A. Kuznetsova
Russian Federation
Vice-Rector for Educational Work, Social Development and Public Relations, Head Department of Health Psychology and Neuropsychology, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor
305041, Kursk, st. K. Marksa, 3
T. V. Nedurueva
Russian Federation
Head Department of Physical Education, Candidate of Sciences in Psychology, Associate Professor
305041, Kursk, st. K. Marksa, 3
V. A. Sotnikov
Russian Federation
Head Department of General Psychology and Developmental Psychology, Candidate of Sciences in Psychology
117997, Moscow, st. Ostrovityanova, 1
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For citations:
Barkova V.L., Kuznetsova A.A., Nedurueva T.V., Sotnikov V.A. Psychological safety in a modern university environment. The Collection of Humanitarian Studies. 2024;(4):17-27. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21626/j-chr/2024-4(41)/2