Life Attitudes Research Articles

Exploring the mental models of university students’ attitudes toward older adults in Taiwan

ABSTRACT Taiwan is facing population aging, a decreasing fertility rate, and reduced adherence to the traditional practice of filial piety. Society as a whole has negative stereotypes about older adults, who are regarded as unproductive burdens on their families and society. Older adults experience ageism from others as well as their own as they grow older, they even have low regard for themselves, seeing themselves as weak, sickly, and unable to work. How can we explore the exact attitudes of younger people toward older adults? Doing so is crucial for society to reverse its ageism against the older adult and foster harmonious intergenerational interactions by promoting positive concepts about aging. This study employed interactive qualitative analysis(IQA), which is a rigorous and systematic mixed method of research, to ensure the consistency, coherence, and structural quality of focus group members’ opinions, which were consolidated to identify the components of the problem. Quantitative exploratory power analysis was then performed to produce a mindmap with causal relationships. Then, interviews were also conducted for data validation and interpretation. The key research results were as follows: (1)the four key mental thoughts of university students’ attitudes toward older adults: Traditional Mind-set(TM), Physiological State(PS), Life Attitude(LA), and Social Interaction(SI). (2) the university students’ mindmap to older adults is Traditional Mind-set-orientated and Physiological State-orientated. (3)the five propositions were validated: TM➔FC, TM➔LA, PS➔LA, NM➔LA, and NM➔SI. In future research, we can by defining these five propositions as hypotheses, develop a scale to measure the variable, and conduct quantitative empirical evidence.

Pelayanan Pastoral Konseling Efektif Menurut Injil Yohanes 3:1-21

The life of every God's people is never without serious problems, for example; skeptical of Christ, lack of self-knowledge as God's glorious creation, and doubts about his salvation. Referring to this problem, the writer conducts a theological analysis of the narrative of the Gospel of John. 3:1-21 as an alternative solution to the problem. The alternatives offered by this thought are: as God's people, they must experience spiritual renewal in the sense that they are born again, have integrity and an attitude of life as they are, understand the concept of salvation correctly, and respect themselves as God's precious creation. This study uses a qualitative method with a library approach. The final conclusion of the author about "Effective Pastoral Counseling Services According to the Gospel of John 3:1-21" is, the meaning of Jesus' ministry to Nicodemus contains an understanding that is needed by today's Christians.

Experience of pediatric nurses in nursing dying children - a qualitative study

PurposeTo explore pediatric nurses’ challenges and effective coping strategies in caring for dying children.MethodsA descriptive qualitative study was adopted. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview with ten nurses from the pediatric, pediatric emergency, and neonatology departments.ResultsThree themes were generated: stressors, consequences, and coping strategies. Ten sub-themes were generalized: negative emotions; helplessness; questioning rescue behavior; fear of communication; lack of workforce for night rescue; compassion fatigue; burnout; changes in life attitudes; self-regulation; leadership approval and no accountability.ConclusionsThrough qualitative research, nurses’ challenges and effective coping strategies in caring for dying children were found, which provides information for nurses’ career development and related policy formulation in China.Clinical relevanceWhile there are many articles in China on hospice care, there is little research on the nurses’ experience of caring for dying children. Many studies have mentioned the adverse consequences of caring for dying children in foreign countries, leading to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, domestic discussion of such problems is rare, and no corresponding coping strategies exist. This study explores pediatric nurses’ challenges and effective coping strategies in caring for dying children.

Resilience, anxiety, depression, and life satisfaction in women suffering from endometriosis: a mediation model

ABSTRACT The main goal of this cross-sectional study was to assess the relationship between resilience and life satisfaction in women suffering from endometriosis and examine anxiety and depression as mediators in this relationship. The study sample included 349 Caucasian women aged from 18 to 56 years (M = 32.94; SD = 6.74) suffering from endometriosis surgically diagnosed and histologically confirmed. The life satisfaction level was assessed by the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). Unspecific anxiety was evaluated using the General Anxiety Disorder-7 scale (GAD-7). Depression symptoms were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Resilience was measured using the Resilience Assessment Scale (SPP-25). Life satisfaction correlated negatively with anxiety and depression, but positively with resilience. Resilience correlated negatively with anxiety and depression. Anxiety and resilience accounted for 25% of the life satisfaction variance. Depression and resilience explained 35% of the variance in life satisfaction. Among resilience components, personal coping skills, tolerance of negative affect, tolerance of failures and treating life as a challenge, openness to new experiences and a sense of humour, and optimistic life attitude and ability to mobilize in difficult situations were the best predictors of life satisfaction. Anxiety and depression may serve as mediators in the relationship between resilience and life satisfaction. Our results suggested that resilience may be related to life satisfaction in women suffering from endometriosis directly and indirectly as mediated by anxiety and depression.

Pragmatism of Polygamous Family In Muslim Society: Beyond Islamic Law

Pragmatism has become a common motive in polygamous marriages, despite ignoring the principles of Islamic law. Issues ranging from unfair treatment and dishonest attitudes towards wives to the rejection of polygamous pregnant wives have colored the attitudes of pragmatic polygamous life. This article reveals pragmatic motives that become the reasons why a woman is willing to be istri selir-sirri (concubine) in polygamy. This research uses a qualitative approach in which data was collected from observation, interviews, and library studies. The findings of this study suggest that pragmatic motives exist in polygamies, such as the husband's economic stability accompanied by lust satisfaction, the woman's needs for social-economic improvement, and the need for comfort and security. The lack of power among women in relation to men of high social and economic status causes them to agree to be the second wife (selir) despite the sirri marriage status, which is officially unregistered and sometimes unknown even to their own family. As the article sees only the pragmatic sides of polygamy, it still needs further development.

Estimation of University Education Effectiveness according to Individual Characteristics and Institutional Variables using Performance Indicators: Focusing on Student Satisfaction, GPA, and Job Search Efficacy

본 연구의 목적은 대학 교육 효과성의 의미를 살펴보고, 성과지표를 활용하여 개인 특성 및 기관 변인에 따른 대학 교육의 효과성을 추정하는 것이다. 선행연구를 통하여 대학 교육의 효과성 분석을 위한 주요 개인 특성 및 기관 변인을 선정한 후, 위계적 선형 모형(Hierarchical Linear Modeling, HLM)을 활용하여 분석을 수행하였다. 이를 위하여 한국고용정보원의 2018년도 대졸자 직업이동 경로 조사(Graduates Occupational Mobility Survey, 2018 GOMS) 자료를 활용하였다. 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 대학 수준 변인으로서 고려한 설립기준 및 소재지는 대학 교육 성과 변수 가운데 대학 만족도, 학과 만족도 및 학점에 대하여 대체로 유의미한 영향력을 가지고 있음을 알 수 있다. 둘째, 삶의 만족도는 모든 대학 교육 성과 변수에 대한 정적(+)인 영향력을 가지는 것은 대학 교육 효과성에 대한 주관적 인식에 개인의 삶의 태도가 그대로 반영되어 나타날 수 있음을 시사한다. 셋째, 대학 입학 시점을 포함한 교육 경험 변인은 더욱 다양하게 대학 교육의 성과에 영향을 주면서 효과성 추정의 근거로 활용될 가능성을 보여주고 있다. 넷째, 교육환경 변인은 대부분 대학 교육 성과 변수에 정적(+)인 영향력을 가지고 있음을 확인할 수 있다. 이러한 결과는 학령기 감소 및 4차 산업 시대의 도래를 맞이하여 새로운 교육환경에 대처하기 위한 고등교육의 역할을 모색하고 향후 발전 방향 수립을 위한 근거자료로 활용될 것으로 기대한다.This research tries to estimate the college education effectiveness by measuring the effect of individual characteristics and institutional components to the performance indicators of university based on Hierarchical Linear Model(HLM). This study used 2018 GOMS data for the research purpose. The main results show following results. First, institutional sector and location significantly affect to the college satisfaction, major satisfaction, and academic performance in general. Second, the life satisfaction gives positive impact on performance indicators of university and it could reflect the personal attitude of life to the effectiveness of university education. Third, variables of educational experience, including the time of college entrance, affect the performance of college education more diversely, showing the possibility of being used as a basis for estimating effectiveness. Fourth, it can be confirmed that educational environment variables have a positive influence on most college education performance indicators. Those results provide new institutional role and further direction for the postsecondary institutions dealing in shortage of student number and needs of 4th industry era.

Relationship between Knowledge and Attitude of Healthy Living with Healthy Behavior Patterns in Medical Students

Medical students play an important role in promoting health because they are prospective doctors. Medical students are considered students who have sufficient knowledge and skills about a healthy lifestyle and have a positive attitude towards health. In fact, there are still many medical students who have not implemented a healthy lifestyle. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge and healthy living attitudes with healthy living behavior patterns in FK–UWKS students class 2018. The study used an observational quantitative approach with a cross-sectional study design with 150 respondents taken using the census method (total sampling). analysis technique using spearman rank test. The results showed that the level of knowledge of healthy living was quite high at 78.1% and positive attitudes about healthy living was 54.7%, while having unhealthy behavior patterns was 92.2%. The Spearman rank test showed that there was a relationship between knowledge of healthy living with healthy living behavior patterns p = 0.000 and a healthy lifestyle also had a relationship with healthy lifestyle behaviors p = 0.000. The conclusion of this study is that the pattern of healthy living behavior is not only influenced by knowledge but also by a healthy attitude.

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF VALUE-MOTIVATIONAL ORIENTATIONS OF EMPLOYEES OF EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS UNDER CONDITIONS OF UNCERTAINTY

The presented article is an intermediate result of a study conducted in 2022 in the Udmurt Republic, which was aimed at studying the conditions that affect the value-motivational orientations of employees of educational organizations in conditions of uncertainty. Relevance. Modern conditions, characterized by the complex uncertainty of the political and socio-economic situation, make it obvious that there is a need to develop management issues and the possibility of influencing the value-motivational orientations of citizens, including those involved in the educational process. Difficult situations and complex circumstances affect the choice of life attitudes, which can be transformed under the influence of changes. In this regard, an attempt to determine the bottlenecks of the educational industry in the region for making managerial decisions seems relevant. Goal. To substantiate the influence of socio-economic and political conditions on the transformation of value-motivational orientations of employees of educational organizations of the general education system of the Udmurt Republic in conditions of uncertainty. Methodology. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study was the development of domestic and foreign researchers in the field of studying the value, semantic orientations of a person. A quantitative two-phase survey of employees of educational organizations was carried out. The sample size in the first phase of the study was 5220 people, in the second - 1332 people. The results of the research showed that the value-motivational guidelines of the teaching community of the Udmurt Republic are the regulator of group and individual behavior, and also represent life principles that determine goals, attitudes, quality and implementation of life plans. The attention of state and regional management to personal value-motivational orientations of employees of educational organizations is important and expedient for improving organizational policy. Programs for continuous monitoring of managerial decisions on the industry management, which should be taken on the basis of the results of sociological research, will help to solve many existing problems of educational practices and reduce management industry risks in the region.

<노매드랜드>의 노마디즘과 디아스포라

The movie ‘nomadland’ deals with the story of a nomad Fern who has been unable to settle down for economic reasons since the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States. This work depicts the painful reality of many Americans that became nomads after the subprime mortgage crisis, which collapsed due to capitalist desires, and the life adapting to such reality, showing the diaspora sentiment newly expressed in nomad life. This study analyzed the movie ‘Nomadland’ to examine the nomadic aspects of the characters working as nomads and the meaning of each one of various spaces through the movement, and to examine how the diaspora emotions of the nomadic figures are expressed. In ‘Nomadland’, various spaces of migration appear, and the space of migration has various meanings and changes to the characters' attitudes in life. The new nomads of the capitalist era, passing through those spaces, showed their identies and the pironeering spirits of the new diaspora as voluntary nomads, from being involuntary nomads, enjoying the true freedom of their own choice

How to Reduce Moral Hazard Crisis in Business: Study from Indonesian's Pesantren

This empirical study report on Pesantren (Islamic Boarding School) aimed to explore how to manage the pesantren enterprise. It deals with the pesantren phenomenon but from a different angle. A philosophical stream of Al Hikam taught Kasab (human must fill their needs earnestly) and Tajrid (life attitude doesn't make bustle about solely worldly pursuit). Those tasawuf concepts are reflected in pesantren's economic behaviour, which is believed to counter a business ethic crisis that began being popularized in the late 90s about the spiritual organization.

The predictive effect of subjective well-being and stress on foreign language enjoyment: The mediating effect of positive language education.

The present study is the first to investigate the extent to which positive language education can improve foreign language enjoyment in the same learners. At the same time, it explores the relation between life quality variables, subjective well-being (SWB), and stresses that have emerged as important variables to explain foreign language enjoyment (FLE). Participants were 50 native speakers of Turkish, university students, 24 having a high proficiency in one language (English) and 26 having a high proficiency in two languages (French and English). Quantitative data were collected before and after the intervention ("3 Good Things" and "Use your Strength and Virtues in a Creative Way") and qualitative data were collected at the end of the course. The results of pre-test and post-test analysis were not significant FLE (t(49) = -1.3, p > 0.05), SWB (t(49) = -0.58, p > 0.05), and stress (t(49) = -0.7, p > 0.05). Manova with a level of multilingualism as a fixed factor revealed that there was a significant difference in the pre-test and post-test F(3, 46) = 3.49, p < 0.023, Wilk's Λ = 0.81, partial η 2 = 0.023. The Between Subjects' Test reveals a significant difference in the level of SWB (F(1, 48) = 7.04, p < 0.01) and FLE (F(1, 48) = 8.5, p < 0.005), but not for the level of stress (F(1, 48) = 0.29, p < 0.59). A subsequent set of regressions revealed that in pre-test there is not a significant effect of the factors on the dependent variable (R 2 = 0.20, R 2 adjusted = 0.140). The analysis after the intervention shows a significant effect of the SWB on FLE R 2 = 0.35, R 2 adjusted = 0.31, Beta = 0.25, p < 0.002. The analysis of the quantitative data supports the statistical analysis as students report that the intervention has helped to improve the atmosphere in the classroom as well as their general attitude in life and they have learned valuable knowledge about themselves as an added value to the acquisition of the new language. We conclude that positive language education can increase the level of subjective well-being in students and that, in turn, improves the level of positive emotions in the language classroom.

Nonlinear effects of pandemic uncertainty on depression, pandemic preventive behavior intentions, and positive life attitudes: Moderating effects of high and low uncertainty grouping.

COVID-19 is difficult to end in a short time and people are still facing huge uncertainties. Since people's lives are gradually returning to normal, the sense of control and intolerance of uncertainty, which were mainly focused by past studies, are not specific to COVID-19 and will be more influenced by some factors unrelated to the pandemic. Therefore, they may be difficult to accurately reflect the individuals' perceptions of uncertainty. Besides, past research just after the outbreak mainly investigated people in high levels of uncertainty, we don't know the impact of uncertainties on individuals' psychological states when people gradually recovered their sense of control. To solve these problems, we proposed the concept of "pandemic uncertainty" and investigated its impact on people's daily lives. During October 20, 2021 to October 22, 2021, this study obtained data about uncertainty, depression, positive attitude, pandemic preventive behavior intentions, personality, and social support from 530 subjects using convenient sampling. The subjects were all college students from the Dalian University of Technology and Dalian Vocational and Technical College. According to the distribution of uncertainty, we divided the dataset into high and low groups. Subsequently, by using uncertainty as the independent variable, the grouping variable as the moderating variable, and other variables as the control variables, the moderating effects were analyzed for depression, positive attitude, and pandemic preventive behavior intentions, respectively. The results showed that the grouping variable significantly moderate the influence of uncertainty on positive attitude and pandemic preventive behavior intentions but had no significant effect on depression. Simple slope analysis revealed that high grouping uncertainty significantly and positively predicted positive attitude and pandemic preventive behavior intentions, while low grouping effects were not significant. These results reveal a nonlinear effect of pandemic uncertainty on the pandemic preventive behavior intentions and positive life attitudes and enlighten us about the nonlinear relationship of psychological characteristics during a pandemic.

Promoting Active Aging Through Sports Participation: A Qualitative Exploration of Serious Leisure Among Older Chinese Adults.

China's population of older individuals reached 264.02 million in 2020, an increase of 5.44% from 2010. This study explores how participation in serious leisure sports, which have enduring benefits for older adults, contributes to active aging. In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 older participants aged 60-78years who had participated in a leisure sport activity for 1year or longer. A thematic analysis was conducted, and four themes emerged: body improvements, positive emotions, optimistic life attitudes, and social interactions. Older adults who participate in serious leisure sports are empowered via practice and learning opportunities to engage with their aging bodies, pursue psychological benefits, and jointly maintain leisure groups. The findings of this study contribute to our understanding of the "rights-based" approach to active aging and allow us to identify serious leisure sports as an active way for older adults to improve their quality of life.

The effect on mental well-being, life attitude and depression levels of positive psychology program applied to patients diagnosed with depression.

Positive psychology (PP) interventions are treatment methods or intentional activities aiming to develop positive feelings, behaviors or cognitions. This study was conducted to determine the effect on mental well-being, life attitude and depression levels of PP program applied to patients diagnosed with depression. The pre, post and follow-up test were conducted as a quasi-experimental study. Patients who diagnosis of depression for at least 6 months constituted the population of the study, and a total of 53 patients, 26 were in the experimental and 27 in the control group. Data were collected using Personal Information Form,Beck Depression Inventory,Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale and Life Attitude Profile Scale. After the analysis,it has been determined that the online PP program is effective in reducing the level of depression, increasing mental well-being and developing a positive life attitude. It is recommended that the PP program be used by psychiatric nurses in the treatment of depression and the execution of studies comparing online positive psychology practices with face-to-face positive psychology practices are recommended.

Impact of Local Cultural Traits on Regional Productivity in China

Culture is an endogenous factor for economic growth. The relationship between culture and productivity in China would be a typical case to show the distinctive trajectory of the ancient culture and rapid modern developing country with various regions. From the Neo-Weberian perspective, we select the residents work attitudes, attitudes to family, life attitudes, college/university of education, beliefs in democracy, faith in religion, and trust in government as the indicators of local cultural traits, to explore the relations between personal attitudes and regional productivity. Noting that usual statistic and econometric analysis is unreliable when considering the symbiotic relationship between culture and economic performance, no matter whether the culture is endogenous or exogenous for economic growth, identifying cultural-economic relationships with multiple values is unclear because of endogenous problems. Hence, we use the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) method to quantify the impact of culture issues on regional development. Data of the selected personal cultural values at the provincial level are from the Online Analysis China 2010–2014 in the World Value Survey (WVS) database. The results conduct four types of pathways that local cultural traits have impact on regional productivity with various development levels distributed spatially.

The Effect of National Insight and Religious Moderation on Radical Behavior of Secondary School Students

The study aimed to reveal the effect of nationalism, historical knowledge, religious moderation, Islamism, and radical thinking on radical behavior of the young generation in public high schools in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The samples were grade XII students from four schools out of 16 schools. All indicators met the requirements of the validity and reliability test with Cronbach’s alpha and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Convergent validity test (variance extracted (VE) ≥ 0.50) obtained three constructs that meet the requirements to proceed to the analysis structure mode. The finding showed that nationalism construct did not affect the radical behavior construct with Sig. 0.203 &gt; 0.05, while religious moderation construct did not affect radical behavior construct with Sig. 0.629 &gt; 0.05. Meanwhile, the results of the multiple regression analysis showed that the constructs of nationalism and religious moderation simultaneously did not affect the construct of radical behavior. The finding illustrated that public high school students in Padang had a good understanding of nationalism and a moderate attitude in religious life so that there was no potential for the radicalism behavior among the young generation, especially for public high school students in Padang, West Sumatra. The practical implication of this research is that the school leaderships will formulate controlled regulations regarding the implementation of religious and clerical activities carried out by the Intraschool Student Organization (ISSO). In short, they will not be infiltrated by radical ideas from external parties.

Effectiveness of Group Schema Therapy on Life Attitude and Distress Tolerance in Women Attending Counseling Clinics

Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of schema therapy on life attitude and distress tolerance in women attending counseling clinics. Methods and Materials: The research method was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test along with a control group. The study population consisted of women attending counseling clinics in Tehran in 2023. The sampling method was convenience sampling, and the sample size was selected to be 30 individuals (15 in the experimental group and 15 in the control group). Data collection was carried out using life attitude and distress tolerance questionnaires. The experimental group underwent eight 90-minute schema therapy sessions, while the control group did not receive any intervention. Both groups completed the life attitude and distress tolerance questionnaires in two phases: pre-test and post-test. Findings: Findings indicated that after schema therapy, with attention to the mean variables of life attitude and distress tolerance, the experimental group showed significant improvement in the post-test compared to the mean of the control group. Conclusion: Therefore, schema therapy has an effect on the life attitude and distress tolerance of women attending counseling clinics.

Особенности формирования идентичности в условиях глобализации

Each person in the process of growing up acquires certain knowledge, value imperatives that determine his life attitudes, identity. The identity of a person is realized and developed in all the variety of spheres of social life. The article considers the probability of a person losing his former qualities and acquiring new ones during the formation of identity in the conditions of globalization. Attention is drawn to the risk of loss of ethnic and civic identity. At the same time, there is an actualization of such qualities as the ability to solidarize, caring, thrift in relation to the environment. In the context of globalization, it is necessary to pay close attention to the formation of important “identification” qualities: personality stability, striving for sociocultural harmony, communicative competence.

LIFE POSITION OF STUDENTS’ PARENTS: ON THE ISSUE OF THE SOCIAL SITUATION OF DEVELOPMENT

To clarify the characteristics of the infl uence of parents’ emotional and value orientations on the socialization of modern schoolchildren, a study was conducted. The analysis of the answers obtained in the course of anonymous questionnaire surveys of   students in grades - of general education schools from  regions and   parents from  regions of the Russian Federation, (surveys /) was carried out. The report analyzes answers to questions related to three indicators of life position: value orientations, emotional assessment of the success of one’s future prospects, assessment of the personal signifi cance of certain social threats. The infl uence of demographic (gender, age) and social stratifi cation factors (fullness of the family) is considered. As a result of a special factor analysis, three bipolar factors were identifi ed, explaining ,% of the total variance. Factor F “social recognition, doubt – social well-being, optimism” with the positive pole determined by values: the presence of close friends, the respect of others, an increase in the level of education, which correlate with doubts about one’s future success. At the negative pole the values of material well-being, a happy family life, a positive assessment of future prospects is found. Military confl icts and unemployment are mentioned among the main threats to the implementation of these orientations. Factor F is “self-realization, pessimism – physical well-being”. Here, the positive pole is determined by the values of creative and professional realization, self-reliance and independence. Such life attitudes are associated with pessimistic assessments of one’s success in life. The negative pole of the factor is represented by the value of physical well-being (“health”). Factor F is “the desire for spirituality – objective threats to existence”. Its positive pole is determined by the values of spiritual and physical intimacy with a loved one, an increase in the cultural level, correlated with the threats of extremism and the tightening of the regime in the country. The negative pole is determined by threats caused by natural phenomena like “epidemics”, etc. The features of parents and students subsamples, taking into account their marital status, gender and age in the space of factors F and F, are considered. It has been established that mothers and fathers from complete families are characterized by an orientation towards family and material well-being. Boys from complete families in the period of study, both in primary and in high school, have doubts about their social success. Girls from complete families studying in primary and high school experience not only doubts about social recognition but also about success in self-realization. A special position is occupied by mothers from single-parent families: they transmit pessimism in relation to their social success and self-realization to the child, which is also refl ected in the life position of high school students from single-parent families.

Адаптивный интеллект как средство редукции социального иждивенчества

The article proposes a new subjectively attractive qualitative method of countering and preventing social dependency, based on the theoretical construct “adaptive intelligence”. Social dependency is considered as a negative adaptation to the rapid transformational social processes. It is a consequence of the concept of the welfare state, which currently needs to be revised. The phenomenology is outlined and typical practices of domestic social dependency are highlighted. Social dependency appears as a conscious social behavior, a life attitude, a desire to live at someone else's expense, without achieving socially significant goals. The socio-economic and psychological consequences of social dependency and parasitism are described. In the course of the study, it was possible to identify the meanings with which the state fills the social security system, they develop from dependence to individual social partnership. The low efficiency and limited range of solved tasks of quantitative methods of reduction of social dependency in the long term are substantiated. The relevance of the use of qualitative methods of targeted social assistance and the activation of citizens' independence is shown. A new direction in qualitative methods is proposed - “adaptive intelligence”, focused on the survival of society as a whole. Adaptive intelligence is considered as a mental resource used by a person for successful adaptation and coping with life difficulties. The structure of adaptive intelligence contains three types of intelligence: creative intelligence (characterized by the presence of new, convincing ideas); analytical intelligence (logical validity and consistency of ideas); practical intelligence (implementation of ideas in practice, convincing others of their usefulness, wisdom as the achievement of the common good through these ideas). The article describes the organization of social work on the issue of social dependency, which includes several synergetic approaches: statistical, theoretical, state-legal, socio-economic, value-educational and instrumental-competence.