scholarly journals LIFESTYLE OF CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN YOUTH: ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR ANNOTATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 6(72) (4) ◽  
pp. 12-22
Author(s):  
I. N. Vorobyova
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
High Position ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Youth Attitudes ◽  
The One

Fundamental changes in Russian society entailed a change in living conditions, ways of organizing it, and life styles. The relevance of the practical study of life styles as the basis for the stratification of society is justified by its ability to reflect the totality of the individual’s life practices that are closely related to his attitudes, life principles. The lifestyle shows the behavior of a person in labor activity, the main consumer practices, the organization of leisure activities, inclusion in public organizations, his orientation to socio-economic activity in general. In conditions of sufficient theoretical elaboration of this topic by foreign and domestic authors, there is a clear gap in the practical multicomponent, in accordance with the studied value, measurement of the prevailing lifestyle. Based on the theoretical model, starting from the works of P. Bourdieu G.-P. Muller, Bauman, J. Baudrillard, the author offers a practical indicator model for measuring lifestyle and gives an example of its testing on the population of the city of Cherepovets. The main practical indicators of lifestyle are: locus of responsibility (internal or external), level of claims, attitudes toward work, leisure preferences, breadth of developed consumer practices. In the practical part of the article, the author, citing the results of the study for all age groups, focuses on the specifics of the stylized attitudes of youth as one of the most promising categories for the development of society. Argued evidence of the passivity of modern youth, overstated claims and self-esteem with a low level of attitudes toward social, economic and social participation and participation in society are given. Young people are traditionally distinguished by a higher level of socio-economic optimism, the index of social sentiments in this group is higher than among the entire population. Young people have a locus of responsibility that is ambiguous for interpretation. On the one hand, they believe that their financial situation and career depend on themselves, on the other hand, external factors (luck, good connections, rich influential parents) often consider the factor to achieve a high position in society. Young people are not distinguished by high socio-economic activity and readiness for it. The results of the study confirm that not all young people seek to take an active part in volunteer activities. Young people participate in actions most often of an entertainment plan and are much less likely to take responsibility and take part in political and public affairs.

Students’ Attitudes Towards Starting a Business, on the Example of Students at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów (Poland)

e-Finanse ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 90-103
Author(s):  
Karolina Palimąka ◽  
Jacek Rodzinka
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Young People ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The University ◽  
Starting A Business

AbstractEntrepreneurship understood as a manifestation of economic activity is an issue widely discussed in literature, especially in the field of economics. Today, a large part of society is involved in establishing and running a business, hence the shaping of entrepreneurial behaviors gains importance among all age groups, especially young people. The main objective of the conducted research was to examine the interest in starting their own business by students and to verify whether the direction of their studies or role in the group affects the students’ willingness to start a business and whether a family member runs a business influences this interest and moreover, whether capital and the idea are the two main criteria conditioning the decision.. The conclusions were based on a study, i.e. (mainly) the cross-analysis of data collected as part of a survey conducted among students of the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów.

scholarly journals Consumption among young activists

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvira M. Arif
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Value Priorities ◽  
Group Identities ◽  
Approaches To Study

There are two main approaches to study youth consumption. The first one considers consumption as viewed by a group of people of a certain age who differ from other age groups. Cultural differences are not taken into account. In the second approach consumption is seen as one of structure-forming elements of youth communities and practices. In that case, researchers study subcultures and youth leisure activities. However, those young people who are not engaged in subcultures and whose consumption patterns do not define their group identities are poorly studied. The article analyzes the importance of consumption among young persons and examines the ideological vectors of youth solidarity. The database consists of 28 biographical interviews with young activists from St Petersburg. The emphasis is placed on value priorities and the significance of labor for young activists. Thus, the meaning of consumption is considered through the prism of values and labor using the notion of “cultural repertoire of consumption”.  Based on the interview results, five repertoires were singled out: anti-reconsumption, ethical, pro-Soviet, anti-consumption and politicized repertoires. Special attention is given to young activists’ reinterpretation of exclusiveness within the dominant consumption discourse. The analysis provides the grounds for reviewing the content of the solidarity vector and the substitution of “consumption - asceticism” direction for the “critical – internalized consumption”. Acknowledgement. The author expresses gratitude to Elena L. Omelchenko, director of NRU HSE Center for Youth Studies, and Yana N. Krupets, project manager, for the provided materials. Special thanks go to all the colleagues who took part in the tool design and data collection, discussion and analysis.

scholarly journals Political leaders and young people: interaction in social networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-49
Author(s):  
A. A. Komarova
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Young People ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Stage Of Development

In modern Russian society, there is a deep gap between political activity and active political communication with young people, bringing information to this target audience. Political leaders are the force that is able to convey to people values and guidelines, the meaning of life, to show the way to the future, to lead for the implementation of the necessary changes in the social, political, and economic life of society. However, the established methods of communication are not effective, as a generation has grown up with different social ideas about political leaders and other communication needs. This article is devoted to the study of the interaction of political leaders with young people through the mass media at the current stage of development of Russian society. The paper considers the theoretical foundations of the research of the youth audience. As a result of a comprehensive study, the author revealed the awareness of young people about current politicians. The article takes as a basis the names of politicians from the top 100 most influential politicians in Russia, according to the Agency for Political and Economic Communications. The first part of the research is devoted to the study of the value orientations of modern youth. The paper reveals the problems in communication between modern politicians and young people, investigates the information channels used by young people to receive current political news. The most important source of political information for the youth audience is the Internet and social networks. This is due to the increasing role of social networks in the global communication processes in general, as well as the involvement of the youth audience in the media consumption of social network content. Young people see the greatest communication problems in the status and financial gap between current politicians and youth groups, as well as the difference in value orientations and the age barrier. For a comparative analysis of the data, the sample was divided according to the criteria of age (respondents were divided into three age groups) and gender.

LEISURE IN THE STRUCTURE OF VIABILITY OF TWO GENERATIONS OF MUSCOVITES

2021 ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
Tatyana P. Emelyanova ◽  
◽  
Semyon V. Tarasov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Leisure Activity ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
The City ◽  
Two Age Groups

The article is devoted to comparing the preferred leisure activity of the two age groups of Muscovites and to identifying the connection of these preferences with other socio-psychological parameters of their viability. The sample consisted of 258 respondents with two age groups: 158 aged 18-35 and 100 aged 61-84. Methods were used: value orientations, author’s questionnaires of preferences for leisure activity, social responsibility, evaluation of positive and negative perception of urban environment, «scale of urban identity» M. Lalli. It is found that leisure choices are characterized by entertainment in both groups, but its cultural and educational appearance – visiting exhibitions, museums, theatres – is more characteristic of the older generation. Young people are more likely to engage in leisure activities such as cafés, bars, restaurants, shopping and extreme entertainment, which are related to the stress of the city. The role of positive perception of the city – city holidays, etc. - in the choice of leisure activities is noted. A lack of internal responsibility among young people may be related both to a lack of time, to a general hedonic focus of leisure, and to a lack of confidence in their ability to influence urban solutions.

scholarly journals Style życia we współczesnym społeczeństwie i ich wpływ na zachowanie rynkowe młodych konsumentów

Ekonomia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 71-83
Author(s):  
Ewelina Sobotko
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The Other ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Young Consumers ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

Lifestyles in modern society and their impact on the market behaviour of the young consumersIn modern society one of the basic goals of human life is to continually make and spend money. Young consumers, as people brought up under the conditions of this process formed their own market behavior and determined a certain lifestyle. In this article, the author presents the relationship between the current life styles in contemporary society and the behaviour of young people in the market. Observation of the behaviour of the older generation by the representatives of the Y generation and the changes taking place on the market as a result of globalization have resulted in the formation of two different directions in the patterns of the consumption of young people. It can be observed that there are selfi sh consumers on the one hand and altruistic consumers on the other hand, who behave according to assumptions of sustainable consumption. This study focuses on the presentation of the second type of young consumers. They were indicated for their subgroups and assigned to appropriate consumer trends and to the lifestyle related to their behaviour.

scholarly journals Determinants of Opinion About Graffiti of Russian Youth: Results of Secondary Analysis of VCIOM Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 333-342
Author(s):  
D. Rudenkin ◽  
A. Obolenskaya
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Level Of Activity ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One ◽  
General Opinion

The central question of the article is the factors that influence the opinion about graffiti of Russian youth. The authors note the one-sidedness of the analysis of the social role of graffiti in Russian science. Scientists often focus on aesthetic, legal and socio-psychological sides of this topic. But at the same time, there is a lack of research in the area of typical stereotypes and assessments about graffiti in society. During their research, the authors of this article want to make a step in overcoming of this problem and focus their interest on stereotypes and assessments about graffiti that became typical for the representatives of modern Russian youth. During the research the authors rely on secondary analysis of data of sociological survey, which was implemented by Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) at the end of 2018. Using the VCIOM data, the authors strive to determine the general opinion of Russian youth about graffiti and try to identify the factors, which can influence this opinion. The analysis allows the authors to make a conclusion that the specifics of young people’s stereotypes and assessments about graffiti has a social origin. The attitude to graffiti prevailing among Russian youth is comparable to that which was established among representatives of other age groups. But at the same time, young people are heterogeneous in their attitude to this phenomenon. The authors conclude that significant factors influencing the attitude of young people to graffiti are gender, the level of activity of using the Internet, and the type of settlement.

Spearman's Law of Diminishing Returns

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 199-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hartmann
Keyword(s):  
Principal Axis ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Diminishing Returns ◽  
The One ◽  
Armed Services ◽  
Principal Axis Factor

Spearman's Law of Diminishing Returns (SLODR) with regard to age was tested in two different databases from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The first database consisted of 6,980 boys and girls aged 12–16 from the 1997 cohort ( NLSY 1997 ). The subjects were tested with a computer-administered adaptive format (CAT) of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) consisting of 12 subtests. The second database consisted of 11,448 male and female subjects aged 15–24 from the 1979 cohort ( NLSY 1979 ). These subjects were tested with the older 10-subtest version of the ASVAB. The hypothesis was tested by dividing the sample into Young and Old age groups while keeping IQ fairly constant by a method similar to the one developed and employed by Deary et al. (1996) . The different age groups were subsequently factor-analyzed separately. The eigenvalue of the first principal component (PC1) and the first principal axis factor (PAF1), and the average intercorrelation of the subtests were used as estimates of the g saturation and compared across groups. There were no significant differences in the g saturation across age groups for any of the two samples, thereby pointing to no support for this aspect of Spearman's “Law of Diminishing Returns.”

Older workers in the Russian labor market: Trends in employment reallocation

2019 ◽  
pp. 5-34
Author(s):  
Anna L. Lukyanova ◽  
Rostislav I. Kapeliushnikov
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Intellectual Labor ◽  
Market Trends ◽  
Trade Education ◽  
The One

The paper analyzes changes in job opportunities of older workers in Russia in the period 2005—2017. The study uses the data from the Russian Labor Force Survey conducted by Rosstat. Changes in the occupational and industrial composition of elderly workers follow the trends pursued by other age groups: employment shifts from low- to high-skilled occupations, from physical to intellectual labor, and from material production to the service sector. We find a stronger polarization among older workers as their occupational structure is biased in favor of, on the one hand, the most and, on the other hand, the least qualified types of jobs. Employment of the elderly has fallen sharply in agriculture and manufacturing with a significant increase in trade, education, and health. Although the employment structure of older workers is generally more “traditionalist”, recent decades have witnessed its transformation in “progressive” directions, similarly to other age groups. These findings suggest that the legislated increase in the state retirement age is not likely to give rise to sizeable unemployment among the elderly. Most of them will be able to work in the occupations and industries previously dominated by young and prime-age workers.

scholarly journals Visual Attention and Aging: an Age-Related Cognitive Model of Positive Adaptation

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-191
Author(s):  
José Manuel Rodríguez-Ferrer
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Visual Attention ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Covert Attention ◽  
Positive Adaptation ◽  
Healthy Elderly ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Healthy Young People

We have studied the effects of normal aging on visual attention. Have participated a group of 38 healthy elderly people with an average age of 67.8 years and a group of 39 healthy young people with average age of 19.2 years. In a first experiment of visual detection, response times were recorded, with and without covert attention, to the presentation of stimuli (0.5º in diameter grey circles) appearing in three eccentricities (2.15, 3.83 and 5.53° of visual field) and with three levels of contrast (6, 16 and 78%). In a second experiment of visual form discrimination circles and squares with the same features as in the previous experiment were presented, but in this case subjects only should respond to the emergence of the circles. In both age groups, the covert attention reduced response times. Compared to young people, the older group achieved better results in some aspects of attention tests and response times were reduced more in the stimuli of greater eccentricity. The data suggest that there is a mechanism of adaptation in aging, in which visual attention especially favors the perception of those stimuli more difficult to detec

scholarly journals The Speed User: Social and Psychological Factors in Amphetamine Abuse

1972 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saul V. Levine ◽  
David D. Lloyd ◽  
William H. Longdon
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Common Factors ◽  
Psychological Disturbance ◽  
Amphetamine Abuse ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Chronic Amphetamine

Two hundred and eighteen chronic amphetamine users, ranging in age from thirteen to thirty years were interviewed to ascertain if common factors in backgrounds, life styles, and personalities exist. They were divided into six groups based on locale and sex, and important differences were noted. This essentially middle-class phenomenon is extremely destructive to these young people but it was quite obvious that the socio-psychological disturbance in most of them pre-dated the heavy drug use.

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