Features of responsibility of future specialists of thesocionomic professions as an indicator of their digital competence

Abstract

The article dwells on to the study of the responsibility of future specialists of socionomicprofessions as an important indicator of their digital competence. The role of responsibility as a vitalindicator of digital competence of future specialists of socionomic professions was determined, whichdetermines their conscious and responsible activities in the context of obtaining and disseminatinginformation in the digital space, promoting both their own psychological safety alongside psychologicalsafety of other members of the digital community. The results of an empirical study were highlighted,which revealed an insufficient level of both responsibility and cognitive-operational components of digitalcompetence for a significant number of future specialists in socionomic professions. Gender differencesin the manifestations of responsibility of future specialists depending on the gender are characterizedaccording to which the female respondents were slightly more responsible for the consequences ofdissemination of information than male specialists. The expediency of promoting the development ofresponsibility of future specialists of socionomic professions as an indicator of their digital competenceis stated, which can be provided in a specially organized psychological training