Developing Psychological Readiness for Professional Self-Determination in the Context of Society's Digital Transformation

<jats:p>The article is devoted to a theoretical study of the peculiarities of psychological readiness for professional self-determination in the context of the evolving digital era. This topic responds to an urgent demand of modern transmarginal society, which is increasingly absorbed by war and the need for rapid response during professional development. The aim of the study is to design the author's dynamic-hierarchical structure of professional self-determination, reflecting the process through which psychological readiness for professional self-determination is formed. As a theoretical method, bibliometric analysis was applied during the selection of scientific sources. The generalization of the studied concepts and the identification of previously unaddressed issues were carried out using a categorical and conceptual framework, information synthesis, comparative analysis, and abstraction. To develop the author's concepts described in the work, content analysis, system-structural, and matrix construction methods were employed. As a result of this study, a comparative analysis of different types of self-determination–namely personal, life, social, and professional – was conducted. It was established that professional self-determination results from the constructive and sequential formation of complex levels within a four-level dynamic-hierarchical matrix of self-determination. Preceding its final stage is the activity-level complex, where the formation of readiness for professional self-determination occurs. An refined list of components required for the successful development of psychological readiness for professional self-determination is provided. Furthermore, a conceptual-differential analysis of the consequences of digitalization was investigated and described, accompanied by concisely formulated strategies to overcome them in order to foster psychological readiness for professional self-determination. Prospects for further research lie in shifting the scope of this study into the empirical domain, focusing on the differential genesis of psychological readiness for professional self-determination across various age groups under digital culture and new economic development models burdened by the Russo-Ukrainian War.</jats:p>