摘要：AbstractResearch is an important part of higher education. Personal values and attitudes of the students clearly appear in their own research works, especially in humanitarian sciences. The article is devoted to revealing the interrelations between values and research potential in philosophy and medical students. 153 students took part in research. We used Rokeach Value Survey, the technique of studying individual attitudes, method of study students’ research potential, a questionnaire, comparative, and correlative analysis. The study allowed to describe the hierarchy of terminal and instrumental values of students of philosophical and medical specialties, and to identify the differences between them. It is confirmed that the values have the interrelations with the general level of research potential and, particularly, with its motivational and behavioral component. There were identified and described the groups of values inherent to a students with high and low levels of research potential and social attitudes that influence on the implementation of research potential. The outcome of this study can be used for development of programs for increasing students’ research activity.
