The influence of students' value orientations on the choice of a conflict behavior strategy

The purpose of the study. In modern society, the ability to resolve conflicts is one of the key indicators of success. Two or more parties are always involved in a conflict, each of which has its own strategy of behavior. The choice of strategy depends on the specific situation, goals and interests, as well as the value orientations of the parties. The purpose of our work is to study the influence of students' value orientations on the choice of a conflict behavior strategy, which will help to better understand how students make decisions in conflict situations and how to achieve a mutually beneficial result while maintaining relations between the parties. In our work, we investigated the students' value orientations, preferred strategies of behavior in conflict and revealed the relationship between these indicators. Methods. We used the following diagnostic techniques: Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) test to identify the leading strategy of behavior in conflict, Portrait Value Questionnaire (PVQ-RR) by Sh. Schwartz in adaptation by T.P. Butenko, D.S. Sedov, A.S. Lipatov; Pearson rank correlation coefficient. Results. In the process of empirical research, it was revealed that the values associated with group relationships (benevolence, sense of duty), independence, the ability to make decisions themselves, security and hedonism are significant for students. According to the results of the study, the least significant values for students were power and dominance. A moderate positive relationship was found between the strategy of rivalry and orientation to power, dominance, between the strategy of adaptation and orientation to interpersonal conformity, tolerance. A moderate negative correlation was found between the values of "power", "independence" and the strategies of "adaptation", "compromise". Conclusion. Thus, the relationship between students' value orientations and conflict behavior strategies has been empirically discovered and statistically proven. The leading strategy of behavior in conflict among students in our study was compromise, which is explained by the expression of the values of benevolence and tolerance.