Personality features and values orientations of university students with manipulative behaviour

Abstract

The relevance of the study is conditioned by the fact that in recent decade the problem of preventing psychological violence among university students has arisen, which often manifests itself in the form of manipulative behavior. It is important to study the personality traits and value orientations of university students prone to manipulative behavior to develop effective programs for the prevention of this sociopsychological phenomenon. In the paper results of empirical research on prevalence and interrelation of personal features and valuable orientations among university students, inclined to manipulations in interaction with other people, in the educational environment are presented. It is established that students who are prone to manipulative behavior have such personal characteristics as high rigidity, low extraversion and sensitivity. Their value orientations are characterized by low importance of conformity, kindness, universalism and safety both at the level of normative ideals and at the level of individual priorities. © 2018