Relationship between students’ self-regulation and individual characteristics

The paper considers self-regulation as an arbitrary mental process aimed at improving individuality. The authors analyze the formation of self-regulation as the personality’s ability to set goals and to make life projects in accordance with the time perspective, as well as a basis for the formation of personal role and motivation for learning. To conduct this diagnosis, we took the following diagnostic tools: in order to study students' self-regulation, we used the “Methodology for determining styles of behavioral regulation” (V.I. Morosanova, Ye.M. Konoz), as well as the Test Questionnaire “The study of volitional self-regulation” (A.V. Zverkov, E.V. Eidman). At the second stage of the study, we applied methods to determine the level of anxiety. Typical ways to respond in complex conflict situations were identified. The authors rely on the concept of V.S. Merlin’s personality, which is revealed through understanding a person as an integral individual. The process of personal development is in expanding relationships between properties related to different levels of individual’s organization. Relationships of person’s features in a social group are evaluated. When comparing groups with high and low levels of self-regulation we found the one in which the respondents’ personality is more harmonious. After analyzing the results of the study, the authors presented a theoretical model of the program for the formation of students' self-regulation.