Аннотация
The instability of the modern world with its rapidly changing social and economic realities requires a person to be ready for self-improvement. Each manifestation of a person as a social subject involves the inclusion of self-attitude in this process. People with the positive self-attitude are less immersed in their internal problems, they are much less likely to suffer from psychosomatic disorders. Positive self-attitude and self-confidence help teachers to overcome difficult and stressful situations and make educational process more effective. For this reason, higher education, in addition to professional training, should include programs that form the skills and abilities of future specialists for professional self-development, whose success depends on many circumstances, including the attitude of the individual to him or herself. Recent studies show the relationship between self-attitude and work success, some researchers draw a parallel between self-attitude and professional burnout. The article analyzes the historical development of the concept of "self-attitude" and sets the goal to determine the self-attitude of 1-2 year students, analyze and interpret the results obtained. The results of empirical studies reflecting the features of the formation of the concept of professional self-identification of university students are presented. The role of self-attitude during professional training is reflected in this article as well.