Value orientations of modern students involved in esports

the rapid growth of eSports and its uncontrolled development, as well as excessive fascination with it, may be the cause of distorted value orientations, which encourage publicists to express their concerns. An expert examination is being conducted in M.A. Bogdanova's research, the results of which establish that the esports environment can create various distorted value orientations through the spread of extremist ideas and the adoption of norms that are immoral to society. [3, p. 191]. A similar position is shared by V.D. Petrovsky and Candidate of Sociological Sciences S.V. Honcharuk, emphasizing that the atmosphere in online communities can often be described as immoral, and communications can be called "toxic." In addition, systematic insults were found in the communities observed by the authors, which, together with the problems voiced earlier, cannot contribute to the preservation of generally accepted norms and value orientations. [11, p. 1, 2] In the work of M.A. Miroshnichenko said that esports not only influence the interests and leisure activities of the younger generation, it has a significant impact on basic orientations and forms new values due to the large and aggressive competition. [8, p. 37]. Other publicists and experts in the field of computer sports, on the contrary, see the potential in the use of eSports and raise the question of its inclusion in the educational process. For example, a study by I.S. Matveeva states that the controlled use of computer sports can contribute to the development of cognitive abilities and speed of decision-making [7, p. 297] and expresses a position on the introduction of computer sports into the educational process [7, p. 295]. The theses in the work of I.V. Sivolobova are in support of the positive aspects of computer sports. The author emphasizes that teamwork can have a beneficial effect on the values being formed [15, p. 31, 32, 33]. Considering the issue of studying value orientations, we found practically a complete lack of scientific papers on the topic of diagnosing the structure of value orientations among esports students and wondered what the value orientations of personality are among students involved in computer sports, including identifying differences (or lack thereof) between esports students acting individually and students representing the university's esports team, with whom psychological work is being conducted. This was the purpose of the study.

eSports, value orientations, students, cybersport, social psychology