РОЗРОБКА ІНСТРУМЕНТАРІЮ ДЛЯ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ СОЦІАЛЬНИХ УЯВЛЕНЬ ПРО КОНСОЛІДАЦІЮ ТА СПОСОБИ ЇЇ ДОСЯГНЕННЯ

Abstract

The article presents the elaboration of the author`s method for social representations about consolidation and ways for its achieving. Its creation is based on understanding consolidation as a kind of unity which is composed of the existing common ideological basis and a sense of group identity which is fully realized in the group member’s readiness for common actions of like-minded people for the sake to achieve common goals. The consolidation structure includes the cognitive-reflexive component (the idea on consolidation and the ideological core that unites the group members on the level of the ideas), the affective one (group identity and a sense of “us”) and the behavioral component (willingness to act together). The system-building component of consolidation is a cognitive-reflexive component that is social representations about the consolidation and ways to achieve it. The tool is designed for adults older than 21 years, when political socialization is formed. The psychological tool contains 26 questions divided into three scales: «dialogical - categorical», «totalitarianism - the primacy of rights», «monolithic - the balance of interests». The content of the scales reflects different sides of consolidation and possible ways of its achieving. The method was searched for reliability (splitting method, Cronbach's alpha). For internal structure detection and scale separation, the factor analysis and the correlation analyzes were used, as well as the frequency analysis and Mann-Whitney statistical test for difference between two samples (electoral groups). The tool standartization was performed by calculating percentile rankings corresponding to four levels: high, average, below the average, low.