Abstract
This paper presents an empirical study of representations of Russian and Mongolian youth about a happy family. The research featured 120 young Russian and Mongolian people (age: 18–30). The results were obtained using Charles Osgood’s semantic differential method, Sacks and Levy’s sentence completion test, and various questionnaires. Factorial, cluster, and qualitative analyses were used to process the results. The study revealed some ethnic and gender differences regarding the concept of "happy family". Russian and Mongolian youth appear to follow different ideal models. For Mongolian youth, a happy family was a "large family" and "parental family". For Russian women, a happy family was one with few children, while for Russian men demonstrated opposite views. Therefore, in contrast to Mongolia, the family institution in Russia is developing modern ideas about a happy family life. Mongolian youth use their parents’ family as a model to follow, while Russian young people follow the role models promoted by the media. However, the romantic ideas about marriage were quite similar in both groups.
Highlights
This paper presents an empirical study of representations of Russian and Mongolian youth about a happy family
In contrast to Mongolia, the family institution in Russia is developing modern ideas about a happy family life. Mongolian youth use their parents’ family as a model to follow, while Russian young people follow the role models promoted by the media
В. Представления о родительской и будущей семье в подростковом и юношеском возрасте // Психологическая наука и образование
Summary
На вопрос анкеты о том, «Сколько детей должно быть в счастливой семье?», русские респонденты в основном указали, что счастливая российская семья представляется им малодетной. Представление монгольской молодежи о количестве детей в счастливой семье резко отличается от российской молодежи в сторону увеличения 2. Представление молодежи о количестве детей в семье, % Tab. 2. Opinion on the number of children in a family, %
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