Психология социального развития

The study demonstrates theoretical grounds of the study of representation of socio-political phenomena and problems among representatives of different ethnic groups.

The article presents the results of theoretical and empirical investigation of characteristics of hope. Content analysis of 158 Russian proverbs and sayings, 277 popular modern aphorisms, as well as comparative analysis, allowed to find out that in comparison to folklore linguistic consciousness, there is a trend of decrease in positive attitude to hope in modern people. Hope is evaluated ambivalently. The article points out that there are two clearly distinguished vectors of hope: positive and negative; active and passive.

The article analyzes theoretical approaches to understanding the process of the development of image of parenthood. It reveals the gender differences in the ideas of maternity and paternity, and also in parental mindset and expectations. The research sample group consisted of 60 respondents (30 young men and 30 girls age 20- 24 years). The complex of methods has been used: modified version of diagnostic method for interpersonal relationships by T. Leary, adapted by L. N. Sobchik modified by R. V. Ovcharova, PARI method by E. S. Sheffer and R. K. Bell adapted by T. V.

The article analyzes the problem of self-cognition development in the school children. The research suggests theoretical analysis of the approaches to the problem of the influence of the image of ?the other? on the self-cognition development. The empirical research has been made on the sample group of more than 300 school children age 8–17 from several Volgograd schools. Method of free self-description has been used as the major one. It has been stated that there are characteristics of the significant ?other?

The article presents results of the empirical investigation aimed at the analysis of socio-cultural conditionalism of evaluations of personal characteristics of a stranger by adults, based on stranger’s appearance, indicators of expression and style of appearance. 60 females aged 25-30 years old took part in the investigation. The following diagnostic toolset was used: Cattell’s 15 Personality Factors Test and semantic differential method.

The article views personal peculiarities of city and countryside teenagers. It presents the result of the empiric investigation, which was carried out on a sample of city (n = 620) and countryside (n = 580) teenagers (aged 12–18) with application of the following psychodiagnostic tools: questionnaire regarding change of aggressive and hostile reactions (Buss-Durkey Inventory), E. S. Romanova’s questionnaire of emotional strain; State-Trait Anxiety Inventory – STAI by Spielberger and Khanin, L. D.

The article presents the results of studying social expectations of a personality. It emphasizes the significance and shows the role of social expectations as one of the major understudied psychological phenomena. The influence of this phenomenon can be traced at all stages of socialization and development of a personality in the ontogenic and professional aspects. The study reveals peculiarities of children’s and adults’ expectations.

Theoretical problems of studying of development of social activity and creativity of students in aspect of social creativity are stated, interference of studied concepts is shown and reasoned. Results of the empirical research executed on the basis of ULGPU are presented, selection was made by 90 students, with use of diagnostic tools: test of creative thinking E. P. Torrensa; test of the remote associations of S. Mednik; technique for studying of a sotsializirovannost of the identity of M. I. Rozhkov; method of expert evaluations and so forth.

The article covers major ideas of the study of processes of self-actualization of experiencing subjective well-being. It presents the results of the empirical study, which was made on a random sample (n=226, aged from 16 to 67 years) with application of the following diagnostic toolset: ?Diagnostics of personal self-actualization? (by A. V. Lazukin, adapted by N. F. Kalina); ?Subjective well-being scale? (M. V.

The article presents results of the investigation, which is aimed at the study of self-development and life satisfaction of the modern youth. The sample consisted of 315 respondents, 137 males and 178 females aged from 16 to 23. The article views such aspects of self-development as self-acceptance and self-perfection, which were studied with the help of self-acceptance scale ?Questionnaire of self-attitude? by V. V. Stolin and ?Questionnaire of perfectionism? by N. G. Garanian and A. B. Kholmogorova.