Typological features of self-organization of activity

Solvingthe problem of predicting individual differences of people involved in a complicated activity, it is necessary to take into account the degree ofmanifestation of their tendency to self-organization. One of the proved methods of qualitative estimation of this tendency is the Self-Organization of Activity Questionnaire developed by Elena Mandrikova. Over the past few years, considerable experience of using this questionnairein psychological research has been gained, the purpose of the present work being its generalization. Statistical analysis of the dataobtained enabled us to determine the normative values of the Self-Organization of Activity Questionnaire scales for the sample of 2170 respondentsaged from 18 to 50 (the average age was 27.8±9.6). Based on the results of cluster analysis, two summary indices of the Self-Organizationof Activity Questionnaire were suggested, namely: "Purposefulness" (the mean of "Presence of Purpose" and "Persistence" scales) and "Rationality"(the mean of "Planning", "Fixation" and "Self-Organization" scales). The former illustrates how much one's activity is regulated by one'sstrategic goals and aspirations. The latter reflects to what extent one's activity reveals rational features, which are caused by one's tendency today-to-day planning of the activity process. The scores of the two indices were subsequently taken into account in the typological study where125 young men and women took part. The participants were suggested to complete the psychodiagnostic test TOP-UNIT ("Humanitarian Technologies",Moscow), the results of which allowed them to be divided into 16 types according to Jung's typology. Differences in their tendencyto self-organization were estimated by means of dispersion analysis (ANOVA-MANOVA). The differences revealed indicate that purposefulnessand rationality are not significant regulators of activity organization for irrational extroverts (sanguines). On the contrary, purposefulness isan important regulator of activity organization for rational introverts (phlegmatics). Rational extroverts (cholerics) maximally exhibit rationalattitudes towards their own activity. However, they are rigid in planning and have a tendency to fixation on the activity arranged. Thus, the dataobtained support the idea that representatives of different Jungian types have specific features in the tendency to organize their own activityusing purposefulness and planning skills as its regulators.

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