Interprofessional interaction: content of managers’ opinions on specialist-psychologists
The article presents the results of the research of professional opinions on specialist-psychologists through the prism of interprofessional interaction. Personal qualities and characteristics of the activity of specialists in the psychological field are the subject of the research. The study has a comparative nature aimed at finding similarities and differences in implicit opinions of specialists. The ideas of A.I. Dontsov and G.M. Belokrylova, revealing the subject (content) and subjective (requirements for personality) components of the psychologists’ activity and ideas about it were the theoretical basis. Furthermore, the ratio of images of the “ideal” and “real” psychologist in the minds of specialists and managers interacting with them are served as an additional criterion. There were selected 81 people for the study, 33 of them are managers and 48 are practicing psychologists. The following methods of research were used: psychological tests (“Personal Semantic Differential”) and questionnaires. It is revealed that managers have a rather complete and differentiated view of one who needs psychological assistance and main forms of its implementation. However, despite rather positive and high evaluation of the level of development of many personal qualities, managers tend to underestimate psychologists for a variety of professional qualities against the background of high requirements for their availability. This situation is partially compensated by the high professional self-esteem of psychologists, as well as by their desire to meet the requirements of other specialists.