Criteria and functional content of professional-personal identity of higher school teachers

The comparative methodological analysis of moderntheories and approaches to structure of professional and personal identity allows seeing that it represents an integrated psychologicalphenomenon including emotional, cognitive and motivational components of the person (Z. Ermakova, E. Yermolaeva, L. Schneider,E. Zeer, E .Ericson, N. Ivanova, T. Kozyreva) and providing adaptation to the changing conditions of the environment. However, for todaythe problem of studying of correlation of structures of professional-personal identity and social psychological adaptation remains undeveloped,which simultaneously defines both the urgency, and the purpose of the research: studying the criteria and functional content of theprofessional-personal identity of higher school teachers considering the criterion of satisfaction in professional work. As the conceptualbases of research of the criteria and functional content of professional-personal identity, we started with the fact of presence of interrelationof emotional, cognitive and motivational components of the person (Z. Ermakova, E. Yermolaeva, N. Ivanova, T. Kozyreva) and consideredprofessional-personal identity as a component of the person providing successful adaptation to changes of social-professional space (E. Yermolaeva).As criterion of effective professional development we accepted the degree of satisfaction in professional work (A. Markova). Theassumption is empirically proved that social-psychological adaptation in the structure of professional-personal identity carries out the system-forming function, providing adaptation to the new system of relations; and its measure of integration can be considered as the criteriontestifying about effective professional development; its substantial characteristics can be considered as the parameters of formation of professional-personal identity. The results of the research have allowed drawing conclusions that the structural organization consisting of suchsubstantial characteristics of social-psychological adaptation as adaptation, self-acceptance and emotional comfort can be considered as thecriterion of professional-personal identity. The ability to adapt easily to the new system of relations and changing conditions of the environment,maintenance of the positive attitude and sensation of emotional balance act as parameters of formation of professional-personalidentity; the function of social-psychological adaptation of the person in the structure of professional-personal identity is shown in the maintenanceof the key role of the emotional component.

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