Objective of the study is to develop and test a methodology for assessing the degree of involvement in the use of ICT in various areas of life. Background. Modern social and physical environments are saturated with digital incentives that encourage people to get involved in interacting with these environments through information and communication technologies (ICT). However, to this date, there are no psychological instruments that comprehensively assess the involvement of individuals in the use of ICTs. Study design. The study was conducted using a socio-psychological survey. To measure involvement in the use of ICT, an authoring methodology was developed and validated. Participants. The study included two samples. The first sample included 859 respondents (average age 36.1 years; 32% of males). The second — 171 respondents (35% of males; age range from 25 to 44 years). Measurements. For data processing, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, Cronbach coefficient alpha, and correlation analysis were applied in the SPSS 19.0 and AMOS 20 programs. Results. Good results of confirmatory factor analysis indicate the presence of reliability-consistency of the methodology. The final version of the methodology includes 4 scales: “Economic actions on the Internet”, “Communication on social networks”, “Using a smartphone”, “A variety of areas of ICT use”. The empirical and external validity of this methodology was also evaluated, as a result of which we received confirmation of these types of validity from the developed methodology. Conclusions. The technique developed by the authors is reliable and valid and can be used both for research and for applied purposes.
Intercultural contacts can be both destructive and beneficial to creativity, depending on the characteristics of acculturation. The aim of this study is to identify the relationship between intercultural experiences, acculturation expectations and creativity of Russian students in the context of internationalizing educational environment. Using quantitative methods on a sample of 272 Russian students (average age 21 years, 61% women) we tested hypotheses that the intercultural experiences are directly related to creativity, while acculturation expectations can both mediate this relationship and be an independent predictor of creativity. Our questionnaire included “Many instances” game from the RCAB of M. Runko, acculturation expectations scale (MIRIPS by J.W. Berry), intensity of friendly intercultural contacts scale (MIRIPS by J.W. Berry) and questions about length of staying abroad. The results showed that (1) the duration of stay abroad is positively related to creativity of Russian students; (2) positive relationship between the intensity of intercultural friendly interactions at the university and creativity is partly mediated by acculturation expectation of integration; and (3) expectations of integration and segregation are positively related to creativity, while the expectations of assimilation and exclusion are negatively related.
The objective of the study is to investigate the relationship of individual values and prosocial behavior in online and offline contexts. Background. Prosocial behavior contributes to both the well-being of individuals and the prosperity of a society. Its relationship with different factors, among which individual values have the strongest predictive power, is contextually dependent. With the development and dissemination of information and communication technologies, number of people actively in¬volved in various kinds of interactions on the Internet is constantly growing. However, specific features of the online context regarding prosocial behavior and how they can influence the relationship between values and prosocial behavior in this context have not been studied yet. Study design. The study is a socio-psychological survey which was conducted within the framework of a cross-sectional one-sample design. The authors developed and adopted special questionnaires to measure prosocial behavior in online and offline contexts. Values were considered in the Schwartz approach and measured using a short version of the individual values questionnaire included in the European Social Survey methodology (ESS). Participants. The sample of the study is quite heterogeneous and includes 187 respon¬dents from different regions of the Russian Federation (average age 35,4 years, 66% women). Search of respondents was done using non-probabolistic, convenience sampling method. Methods of data analysis. The study is based on quantitative methods. Such methods of data processing and analysis were applied as analysis of descriptive statistics, t-test for paired samples, multiple linear regression analysis (Enter method) in the SPSS 22.0 program. Results. The respondents were more involved in prosocial behavior in an offline context than in an online context. Values of Self-Transcendence only are positively related with prosocial behavior in an offline context, while both Self-Transcendence and Self-Enhancement values are related with prosocial behavior in an online context. Conclusions. The results obtained in the study allow authors to conclude that the Internet is still an undeveloped field for the implementation of prosocial behavior, at least for Russians. Noteworthy is the fact that the relationship between values and prosocial behavior depends on the context in which prosocial behavior can be realized. The universality of the positive relationship of Self-Transcendence values and prosocial behavior was established. However, the finding about positive relationship of Self-Enhancement values and prosocial behavior in an online context is fundamentally new.
РОЛЬ ИНДИВИДУАЛЬНЫХ ЦЕННОСТЕЙ И МОТИВАЦИИ В ЛИТЕРАТУРНОЙ ПРОДУКТИВНОСТИ ПОЭТОВ И ПРОЗАИКОВ М.А. БУЛЬЦЕВА a , Н.М. ЛЕБЕДЕВА a Резюме Цель данного исследования состоит в идентификации различий в факторах, связанных с творческой продуктивностью в разных микродоменах литературной креативности (написание прозы и поэзии). Проводится анализ взаимосвязей между индивидуальными ценностями (по Ш. Шварцу), мотивацией (по Э. Деси и Р. Райану) и творческой продуктивностью у поэтов и прозаиков, измеряемыми по частотному принципу. Выборка состояла из 240 представителей «малой креативности» (на уровне хобби), занимавшихся написанием прозы и/или поэзии в течение последнего года. В эмпирическом исследовании были использованы следующие методики: PVQ-R Ш. Шварца для измерения индивидуальных ценностей; авторский опросник на частоту написания прозы и поэзии, основанный на CBI С. Доллингера; опросник, измеряющий мотивацию креативного поведения, основанный на SDT Э. Деси и Р. Райана. Полученные данные анализировались при помощи факторного анализа, t-критерия Стьюдента, регрессионного анализа и путевого анализа. Было выявлено, что непрофессиональные «поэты» и «прозаики» различаются ценностными приоритетами: у «поэтов» сильнее выражены ценности социального фокуса, а у «прозаиков»-ценности личностного фокуса. Они различаются также набором предикторов творческой литературной продуктивности: так, литературной продуктивности «поэтов» способствуют ценности Открытости изменениям и препятствуют ценности Самопреодоления; а литературной продуктивности «прозаиков» способствуют ценности Сохранения и препятствуют ценности Самопреодоления и Самоутверждения. В исследовании также была определена медиативная роль автономной мотивации во взаимосвязях ценностей с литературной продуктивностью в обеих группах. Таким образом, проведенное исследование раскрывает эвристический потенциал дифференцированного подхода к творческой деятельности посредством изучения креативности на уровне микродоменов. Ключевые слова: креативность, литературное творчество, творческая продуктивность, индивидуальные ценности, мотивация.
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