Social Activity Motivation of the Russian Young People

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Social Activity Motivation of the Russian Young
People .

• Marina Kubyshkina,
• PhD., Ass. Prof.

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Investigation of the youth in Russia today

• Present-day state and tendencies of the Russian
  youth development
• (O.M.Zdravomyslov, E.G.Slutsky, O.I.Ivanov,
  others)
• Tendencies and prospects of the youth policy in
  Russia
• (E.G.Slutsky, Y.V.Kondratieva,
  G.I.Klemantova, others)
• Problem of the youth employment
• (Y.A.Zubock, S.P.Ivanenkov, I.E.Sazonov)
• Problem of the young peoples values, attitudes,
  personal and social identities, the factors and
  tendencies of their forming
• (V.A.Yadov, D.A.Leontiev, E.P.Belinskaia,
  others)
• Problem of the young peoples deviant behaviour
• (E.V.Zmanovskaia, Y.Guilinski,
  Y.R.Vishnevski, others)

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The topic of our investigation

• What makes young people come to the spheres of
  high social activity?
• What personal motivation and social identities
  have young people who prefer different kinds of
  social activity?
• How does their high social activity influence
  their motivation, how does it change their
  personality?
• Can highly active young people have any problems
  of social adaptation? If they can, what are the
  problems and what must we do to help them ?

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Methodological basis for the investigation

• Henry Murrey
• Abraham Maslow
• Victor Frankl
• Peter L. Berger
• Thomas Luckman

• Lev Vygotski
• Volf Merlin
• Alexei Leontiev
• Dmitri Leontiev
• Evgeni Ilyin
• Motive is a relatively stable personal
  disposition based on the persons attitude to
  that object or phenomenon of the reality which
  makes him (her) some personal meaning

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Social activity

• purposeful activity of social subjects (classes,
  nations, small groups, persons) aimed at the
  reorganization of the society and at the
  development of their own social traits

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Social activities of the young people in Russia

• Political activity
• Trade union activity
• Voluntary activity
• Religious activity
• Activity in organizing leisure
• Subcultural activity
• Other

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Groups of young people investigated in the project

• Young members of political parties (CPRF, LDPR,
  United Russia) 79 respondents
• Volunteers of 3 organizations
• (Etas, students rescue detachment of PSU,
  volunteer group of the rehabilitation centre for
  children with cerebral paralysis) 68
  respondents
• Young people who are not disposed to social
  activity 122 respondents
• Young people who are inclined to construct a
  different social reality
• (group of history reconstruction- 48 gamers
  of Night watch or just Watch 17
  respondents)

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Young politicians activities

• Involving young people into the political life in
  Russia
• Stimulating the youth to join the political party
• Taking part in political meetings
• Representing the party at the municipal and
  regional events
• Help in organizing election campaigns

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What is the political party for you?(the reasons
to join it)
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The main motives of the young political parties
members (personal dispositions)

• motive for power and social success
• seeking for rest and entertainment
• seeking for ????les approval
• motive for individual achievements

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The identities of the young political parties
members
assertivepenetratingstrong-willedclever
sociable optimistic be in good term with
peoplediscuss difficult problems please
people of the opposite sex

• I am

I can
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Possible problems of personal development and
social adaptation of the young political parties
members

• tough-mindedness
• strong dominance
• absence of tolerance
• inflexible behaviour

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Young volunteers activities

• Etas - ecological education of people
• defense of cultural and historic memorials,
  environment
• students rescue detachment of PSU preventing
  extreme, emergent situations in the buildings of
  the university security at mass meetings and
  events rescue people who lost the way in the
  wood
• volunteer group of the rehabilitation centre for
  children with cerebral paralysis help
  specialists to realize rehabilitation programs

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What is the volunteer organization for you?(the
reasons to join it)
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The main motives of the young volunteers
(personal dispositions)

• motive for communication and interaction
• seeking for ????les approval
• social success motive
• motive for individual achievements

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The identities of the young volunteers
assertivehumanfirmsociable be in good
term with peoplepersuade people

• I am

I can
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Possible problems of personal development of the
young volunteers

• lost of values of environmentalism and social
  health protection (because they seldom see the
  support of them in the society) Etas

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The main motives of the young people who are
not members of social associations (personal
dispositions)

• self-realization motive
• seeking for rest and entertainment
• motive of individual achievements
• seeking for ????les approval

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The activities of the members of the association
Armed Force

• historical reconstructions
• making ancient Russian arms and other things
  concerning historical struggles
• training in mastering ancient Russian arms
• identifying with historical persons
• summer games

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What is Armed Force for you?(the reasons to
join it)
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The main motives of Armed Force members
(personal dispositions)

• sensation seeking
• searching for independence
• motive for help
• motive for getting good skills in ancient history
  reconstruction

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The identities of Armed Force members
a good fighterinquisitivefirmstrong use
some ancient armsstruggle in a team

• I am

I can
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Possible problems of personal development and
social adaptation of Armed Force members

• weak identity with the family, present-day people
  of Russia
• weak interest to the problems of the society
• complete absence of seeking for ????les approval
  

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The activities of the gamers of the association
Night Watch

• competition in finding the way in the night town
• carrying out some tasks in limited period of time
• seeking for definite things or people while
  driving car
• all these are being done according to special
  game rules

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What is Night Watch for you?(the reasons to
join it)
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The main motives of Night Watch members
(personal dispositions)

• sensation and risk seeking
• leadership motivation
• motivation for having active rest and getting new
  impressions
• achievement motivation

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The identities of Night Watch members
assertiveclevercreativequick find the
way out in any situation play in a team

• I am

I can
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Possible problems of personal development and
social adaptation of Night Watch members

• Is it a problem?
• possible addiction to the game

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• Young people should have an opportunity to
  realize their motivation in ways that are
  acceptable in the society
• It is necessary to investigate social motivation
  and expectations of the young people

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Thank You For Your Attention