COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ POLITICAL VALUES MATURITY

The paper aims to examine the formation of objective political values of students on the basis of the question-naire “Political Power Values” developed on the basis of the Human Values Scale by Schwartz. The study involved 67 students who compiled two groups of the respondents – the first one studying at the university situated in a town and the second one – at the capital of the country (33 respondents were second and third year students of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics, and 34 respondents were third-year students of Vinnytsia State Pedagogical Uni-versity named after M. Kotsiubynsky). The students had to choose values meaningful for them, declared by political parties before the election process, evaluating their importance and assigning the necessary value for the evaluation from -1 to 7, that is, the most desirable value was given 7 points, and the least desirable was given -1 point. Statistical analysis of data was performed using descriptive statistics, Friedman's test, Kendall's coefficient of concordance, data processing – using Statistica 6.0. The obtained results revealed the specifics of the formation of subjective political values of students. According to the research outcomes, the following socio-political values are the most significant for the students studying in Kyiv: respect for traditions, satisfaction of desires, safety of relatives, realization of life goals, social power, and national security; the least important are as follows: the right for housing, unity with nature, self-discipline, authority. As for the students of Vinnytsia university, the world peace, safety of relatives, national security, social order, social justice, respect for traditions, and equality are significant socio-political values. The least important ones for them are as follows: change of life, social power, satisfaction of desires, creativity, wealth. Such results point to differences in the personal values of students associated with the factors of the social and value environment, and also determine the perspective trends and strategies for the formation of political values.