Socio-Psychological Factors of the Efficiency of Personal Communication of Future Specialists in Virtual Information Space

Abstract

The relevance of the study is due to the growing role of digital communication in the professional training of future specialists and the need to develop skills for effective interaction in virtual environments. The aim of the work is to identify the features of the formation of key components of students’ digital communication and determine the factors that influence the quality of their interaction in online formats. The object of the study is the digital communication skills of future specialists, and the subject is their emotional, cognitive-perceptual and behavioral manifestations in digital environments. The research methodology is based on a structured short questionnaire and the assessment of real behavioral indicators (average reaction time, number of initiated messages, frequency of participation in discussions), which allowed combining subjective and objective data. The results of the study showed uneven development of individual components: the highest values were demonstrated by social-perceptual sensitivity (M = 4.17) and general digital communicative competence (M = 4.09), while emotional regulation (M = 3.84), behavioral activity (M = 9.32) and digital reactivity (M = 12.46 sec.) revealed lower or more variable values. The initiative of students (M = 14.73) significantly exceeds the level of their stable participation in team interactions, which indicates the predominance of impulsive forms of communication over regular ones. Based on the data obtained, a system of practical recommendations was formed aimed at developing emotional self-regulation, increasing behavioral stability, optimizing the pace of digital interaction and creating supportive communication practices in digital learning environments. The results of the study have practical significance for the development of educational programs aimed at developing the digital communicative competence of future specialists.

Keywords: digital communication, socio-psychological factors, emotional regulation, social-perceptual sensitivity, digital reactivity, behavioral activity, initiative, communicative competence, virtual educational environment, digital platforms