(2018) Science and education, 3, 43-53. Odessa.

Volodymyr Pekarchuk,
Doctor of History, associate professor,
The Academy of the State Penitentiary Service,
34, Honcha Str., Chernihiv, Ukraine,
Ruslan Valieiev,
PhD (Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences),
Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs,
26, Haharina Str., Dnipro, Ukraine,
Yevhen Zozulia,
Doctor of Law, associate professor,
Donetsk Legal Institute of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine,
21, Stepana Tilhy Str., Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine

PROFESSIONAL MOTIVATION AND JOB SATISFACTION OF
PERSONNEL OF STATE PENITENTIARY SERVICE OF UKRAINE

The paper aims to examine the peculiarities of professional motivation and job satisfaction of the employees of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine (SPSU). A special psychodiagnostic toolkit was used in the study, in particular, Personality Motivational Profile by S. Ritchie and P. Martin to measure twelve needs in the field of professional motivation of the respondents, as well as the Job Satisfaction Survey developed by P. Spector, aimed at measuring the state of job satisfaction. According to the results, the main psychological peculiarities of work in the penitentiary system involve the awareness of its low prestige, the conditions of physical isolation, opposition to the criminal subculture, overload, etc. With the help of The Personality Motivational Profile, we have found that the most expressed need of the SPSU employees in the field of work is the need for money and tangible rewards, the need for work structure. The least pronounced are the need for creativity at work, the need for power and influence. Using the technique of measuring job satisfaction with Paul Spector’s Survey, it has been found that the greatest satisfaction the employees get from their colleagues, the significance of their work, and the least one – from rewards for the quality of work and additional benefits. The carried out correlation analysis between every of the 12 needs in the professional field and the gender, age, work experience and job position of the SPSU staff has shown a correlation relationship between the need for recognition and age, and between the need for self-development.

state penitentiary service of Ukraine, professional motivation, job satisfaction, personality motivational profile, measurement of job satisfaction.

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(2018) Science and education, 3, 54-61. Odessa.

Nataliia Shevchenko,
Doctor of Psychology, professor,
head of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology of Education,
Zaporizhzhia National University, 118, Hoholia Str., Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine,
Natalia Kuchynova,
PhD (Candidate of Psychological Sciences), senior lecturer,
Department of Socio-Humanitarian and Fundamental Training,
The West-Donbas Institute of the Private Joint Stock Company
“Higher education institution “The Interregional Academy of Personnel Management”,
400/1, Dniprovska Str., Pavlohrad, Ukraine

ASSESSMENT OF FUTURE MARKETING EXPERTS’
PROFESSIONAL THINKING CREATIVE COMPONENT MATURITY

The relevance of the study is due to the need to create scientifically grounded conditions for the development of professional thinking of future marketing experts in the process of training. The paper aims to present the results of the empirical study revealing the peculiarities of the development of the creative component of professional thinking of students majoring in “Marketing”. The article reveals the structure of marketing experts’ professional thinking creative component, which includes the following constituents: motivational, cognitive-divergent, emotional-volitional, and communicative. According to the determined structure of marketing experts’ professional thinking creative component, the criteria and indicators of every constituent have been substantiated. The generalization of the results of theoretical analysis and empirical research allowed to determine the levels of the maturity of the creative component of the professional thinking of future marketing experts: high, higher than average, average, lower than average, low, and to state its slight increase (with a decline during the third year) during the studies at a higher educational institution.

professional thinking, creative component of professional thinking, marketer, motivational component, cognitive-divergent component, emotional-volitional component, communicative component, integral assessment, levels of maturity.

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(2018) Science and education, 3, 62-67. Odessa.

Sofia Berezka,
Teaching assistant of the Department of Practical Psychology,
Donbas State Pedagogical University,
1, Vchytelskyi lane, Sloviansk, Ukraine

PECULIARITIES OF THE ASSESSMENT OF HYPERKINETIC BEHAVIOR
SYNDROME IN CHILDREN WITH MENTAL DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS

Socio-cultural and political crises of modern society inevitably affect mental health of people, though children are considered to be the most vulnerable category. According to the World Health Organization, attention deficit and hyperkinetic behavior syndrome are one of the most widespread mental abnormalities among children, and on average are observed in about 5% of children aged from 5 to 12, which makes the chosen topic relevant and urgent. One of the leading symptoms of preschool children with intellectual disability is hyperkinetic behavior syndrome, which is why the purpose of this research is to analyze the formation of hyperkinetic behavior syndrome in children of senior preschool age with mental development disorders. Its early diagnosis ensures the effectiveness and success of psycho-corrective work, therefore, it is necessary to develop a diagnostic complex that will reveal the first symptoms and will form the basis for further psychological correction. To this end, the following criteria of hyperkinetic behavior syndrome have been distinguished: the nature of motor activity, the level of behavior regulation, proneness to mental stress, the prevailing emotional background and the peculiarities of relationships with peers and adults. For every criterion, diagnostic methods have been selected that include either direct testing of children with intellectual disabilities (Tapping test, “The House”, Renee Hill’s method, The Lüscher Color Test), or experts (educators, speech therapists, psychologists and parents using the method of T. Lavrentyev and T. Titarenko). On the basis of quantitative and qualitative analysis of the obtained data three main levels (low, average, and high) of the development of hyperkinetic behavior syndrome in children of the senior preschool age with intellectual disabilities have been distinguished and their main characteristics have been presented.

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hyperactive behavior, children with intellectual disabilities, criteria for hyperactive behavior, diagnosis.

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(2018) Science and education, 3, 68-75. Odessa.

Anzhelika Baran,
PhD (Candidate of Legal Sciences), associate professor,
Department of Theory and History of State and Law,
Oksana Koval,
PhD (Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences), associate professor,
Department of Psychology and Social Work,
Liudmyla Savanets,
PhD (Candidate of Legal Sciences), associate professor,
Department of International Law, International Relations and Diplomacy,
Ternopil National Economic University,
46a, Mykulynetska Str., Ternopil, Ukraine

EUTHANASIA: IS IT ACT OF MERCY OR CRUEL MURDER?
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATION

The article deals with such an ambiguous and complex phenomenon as euthanasia, the legalization of which depends on the answer to the question about its essence. The most complete and meaningful definition of the concept implies that it is a deliberate act of a medical practitioner committed in accordance with the explicitly and unambiguously made request of the patient or his/her legal representative in order to terminate the physical and mental suffering, which is fatal according to medical indicators, and results in his/her death. In this context, there are two opposing views on the essence of the phenomenon: it is either a violation of the right to life or the realization of the right to death. The attitudes of young people to euthanasia as a phenomenon on the basis of “Acme” (for future psychologists and social workers) and “Leader of Law” (for future lawyers) Professional Development Schools, functioning at the Faculty of Law of the Ternopil National Economic University, have been examined before and after implementing a specially designed training program aimed at the development of mercy. As a result, the number of the respondents who believe euthanasia should be legalized in Ukraine, has increased after the training.

 euthanasia, legalization, the right to life, the right to death, the act of mercy, the psychological nature of charity, active euthanasia, passive euthanasia.

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