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The article is devoted to the study of the motivational sphere of students of various forms of higher education. It is noted that the features of the motivational sphere significantly affect the satisfaction of students with the learning process and, ultimately, the realization of their personal potential in the chosen types of professional activities. The purpose of this study is to study the motivational sphere of students’ personality and to identify the degree of satisfaction - dissatisfaction of actual basic needs: material, security, interpersonal relations, respect and self-actualization, as well as to determine the prevailing type of motivation (success or failure) taking into account the form of education. The study involved 173 second-year students (26 boys and 147 girls): 85 students of the Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University named after K. Minin of the correspondence department (NSPU) of the faculties of psychology and pedagogy (41 people), physical culture and sports (21 people), humanities (23 people); 89 students of the Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod: 43 full-time and part-time students of the Faculty of Social Sciences (UNN) and 46 full-time students of this faculty (UNN). Students are between 18 and 25 years old. To diagnose the actual basic needs: in financial situation, in security, in interpersonal relations, in respect, in self-realization, we used the method “Hierarchy of Needs”, modified by I. A. Akindinova, which allows us to determine the level of their satisfaction. To diagnose the prevailing type of motivation, the method “Motivation for Success and Fear of Failure” (EOR) by A. A. Reanwas used. It should be noted that the majority of students in all study groups are at the level of partial satisfaction of needs. Significant differences between groups were found in satisfaction with interpersonal relationships, needs for respect, and needs for self-actualization. A higher level of motivation for success was found in part-time and part-time students, compared to full-time students. The results obtained allow us to conclude that students of different forms of education differ in the level of satisfaction of basic needs and the prevailing type of motivation. At the same time, the specificity of satisfying a particular need is related to the social situation of students’ development.

motivational sphere, full-time, part-time and part-time students, satisfaction of basic needs according to A. Maslow, motivation of success – failure