Effect of psychology-based personality development training on the personality of vocational students

Abstract

Labor recruiters usually use psychodiagnostic selection measures of the job seeker for the field of work and aspects of the personality. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of personality development training with a psychological approach. The type of research used was a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group. 80 sample from all majors at the medan state polytechnic was divided into two groups: interventions that trained students with psychology-based personality development training management (n=40) and controls with factual training models (n=40). The training intervention was carried out for three days. Data was measured through standard psychological questionnaires, analyzed independent t-test using spss. Psychology-based personality development training management is effective in improving student personality: aspects of ability, personality, and work productivity (p-value <0.05). This training management model provides a new understanding for universities so that students are more ready to work. Keywords: ability; management; personality development; psychology; training; work productivity