Purpose of the study: The purpose of the article is to study the characteristics of the stigmatization process of modern youth in the Russian Far East. Special attention is paid to living conditions in the Russian Far East, noting that the majority of the population in the Far Eastern region and, above all, young people, are in a situation of social inequality and marginality in relation to the rest of Russians. Many young people associate their life strategies with leaving the territory of the Far East of Russia. Methodology: At the first stage of the study, the method of participant observation was used, which provided primary information about the impact of stigma on the self-identification of young people. At the empirical level of research, such sociological methods as document analysis, sociological surveys in the form of questioning and interviewing were applied. A sociological survey was conducted as a pilot study of the problems of stigmatization among high school and university students of the cities of Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Main findings of this article: Stigma is manifested in its own way in different times and in different communities, it is historically and socioculturally specific. Territorial stigma possesses signs of ambivalence, on the one hand, it has a negative effect on the socialization and self-identification process of young people in the Russian Far East, but on the other hand, it can act as an incentive for young people to make an active and conscious choice of their life strategy. Applications of this study: The findings can be used in the implementation of youth policy in the Far Eastern Federal District by state and local authorities in order to prevent the outflow of young people from the region. The main results of the study can be useful for use in the educational process in such disciplines as sociology, political science, regional studies, as well as for the further study of the problems of social stigmatization. Novelty/Originality of this study: The novelty and significance of the study lie in the fact that in Russian sociology practically no attention is paid to the problems of territorial stigmatization. The theoretical conclusions were obtained on the basis of the original sociological research conducted by the authors of the article in the cities of the Far Eastern region of Russia. The results provided new knowledge of both territorial stigmatization and social stigmatization in general. The novelty of the conducted study lies in the actualization of the problem of social stigmatization of Russian youth living in the Far Eastern region remote from the center of Russia.
The article deals with the problem of forming a healthy lifestyle of students, provides statistical data on changes in the health of representatives of this group, provides arguments about the need to form a healthy lifestyle of students as a priority task of social development, through social programs and projects for prevention, preservation and promotion of public health. The article analyzes the directions of implementation of the target municipal program "Preserving and strengthening the health of the population of the Khabarovsk city district for 2015-2020", aimed at maintaining and promoting a healthy lifestyle, and notes both positive aspects and shortcomings in its content. The results of the implementation of the municipal grant project for the promotion of healthy lifestyle technologies in educational institutions of the city are presented. A program for training and training of activists and organizers of healthy lifestyle has been developed and presented. Priority areas for preserving and strengthening the health of students have been identified.
The goal of research consists in the study of correlation between the self-assessment of the life quality and behavioral stereotypes concerning the health of students of medical professions in terms of the structural and functional approach. 652 students of both sexes took part in this study, the sample showed the equal gender and age representation. Within the context of the empirical part of the study, the "MOS SF-36" questionnaire was used for studying the self-assessment of the life quality, for studying the basic behavioral stereotypes concerning the health, the questionnaire of the behavioral self-assessment of Pozdeeva ( 2008) as supplemented by authors was used. Correlation of variables was determined with a view to the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. It was found that students assess their life quality within reference values; there was noted the high degree of implementation of behavioral attitudes concerning the health and psychohygiene; typically friends and teaching officers are referred to as behavioral influences while the variables quantitatively describing the life quality greatly correlate to indices characterizing the correlation with significant others, medical and physical activity of students. The data obtained during investigation allowed us to suppose that the structural and functional approach provides means for effective analysis of correlation between the life quality and the processes of students` behavior adjustment to the educational system of the medical university. In accordance with the results obtained, there is observed the significant functional dependence between the processes of implementation of behavioral attitudes concerning the health-preserving behavior, medical, physical activity and the life quality self-assessment. In addition, the revealed inclination of students to imitation of health-preserving behavioral elements is in good agreement with theoretical concepts of G. Tarde on imitating the behavior of significant others during the second insocialization, A. Bandura on "observation, imitation and identification" and is consistent with the principle of E. Thorndike concerning the choice of the most adaptive model of behavior in the new social environment.
This article, from the standpoint of a structural-functional approach, explores the influence of socio-economic, social, organizational, psychological factors of the educational space of a medical university on the choice of students' behavioral strategies in relation to health-saving behavior. The results obtained indicate a low self-esteem by students of behavioral stereotypes regarding health. According to the data obtained, the average total variable quantitatively describing negative behavioral standards in the framework of the two-component model (stereotyping factors) is most strongly correlated with environmental factors such as disturbance in regular and rational nutrition, lack of comfortable living conditions and training, inaccessibility for various reasons of sports facilities, an uncomfortable class schedule and several others. The authors conclude that current models of beliefs about health, motivation-information-skills, planned behavior, subjective expected usefulness, motivation for protection, are poorly applicable to the studied category, which probably can be associated with a lack of propensity for introspection and reflection, rationalization of their own behavior, characteristic of student youth environment. At the same time, a pilot study of the tendency to copy behavioral stereotypes regarding health made it possible to draw a preliminary conclusion that most students refer to the behavior of friends, university teachers, and to a lesser extent opinion leaders and parents as role models. These data can be the basis for further expanded study of the processes of formation of behavioral strategies in relation to health and analysis of the results in the light of ideas about socially acceptable behavior of a person as a result of learning and communicative impact on a person.
Purpose of the study: The study aims to identify factors that influence the formation of population behavior strategies in the sphere of health protection. Methodology:A sociological study in the form of a questionnaire-based survey (25 questions, 118 investigated characteristics) was conducted. We used Microsoft Excel (2010) and SPSS STATISTICS for the processing of empirical data. Mean values and standard deviations were calculated. Contingency tables and correlation analysis were applied. Main Findings:The results of the study showed low activity among respondents in maintaining and improving their health, due to factors such as lack of medical awareness and legal medical literacy, misunderstanding of health risks, and lack of trust in medical care. Gender peculiarities were revealed. The dependence of forming population behavior strategies in the sphere of health on age, social status and income was established. Applications of this study:The results of this study can be used by social institutions that implement public policy in the sphere of public health preservation and promotion. The article will be useful for experts in the sociology of the health sphere.The novelty of the study: The analysis of the Khabarovsk city population behavior in the sphere of health protection was done based on empirical research. We studied population behavior strategies, which are based on certain selfpreservation actions as well as on various socio-demographic groups of the population. We identified factors that influence the formation of these strategies.
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