Obiettivo Basic characteristics of the social psychology of the peoples of the NIS have been found to be fatalism and the belief that it is chance and forces beyond personal control which bring about change in the world, rather than individual effort. This pilot research will begin the examination of the persistence and possible growth of such fatalism, together with the related sense of external control, across three NIS countries (Ukraine, Georgia and Belarus) and from two centres in Russia (Petersburg and Tver). The existence of fatalism and the lack of a strong sense of individual control have severe consequences for individual behaviour in the realms of health, economic development and participation in the democratic process. The research will attempt to identify factors having the greatest impact on beliefs in these domains in order to facilitate attempts at positive change.There will be two main theoretical approaches: cultural theory and the social psychological concept of locus of control. Appropriate scales will be selected and/or developed and tested. Open-ended interviews will be used in addition to structured questionnaires. Representative samples controlled for social class, age and gender will be used in each nation studied. All the west European participants have experience of cross-cultural study and will collaborate with NIS colleagues in the development of the core of the study, which will comprise those measures common to all the national studies. In addition, each NIS partner will elaborate the study according to specific expertise and familiarity with the conditions obtaining in that country. Thus the work will be organised into four main phases: initial workshop and detailed planning; scale selection, translation and/or development; pilot field work; and analysis and writing of reports. The final report will consolidate the separate reports from the partners. Programma(i) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Argomento(i) 72 - Social Sciences Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento Data not available Coordinatore University of Surrey Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo GU2 5XH Guildford Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (6) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto Academy of Sciences of Georgia Georgia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 380007 Tbilisi Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Ucraina Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 252021 Kiev Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato National Institute of Humanitarian Sciences Bielorussia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 220001 Minsk Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Russian Academy of Sciences Russia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo St. Petersburg Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Tver State University Russia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 170000 Tver Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato University of Athens Grecia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 15784 Athens Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato