Economic Crisis: Perceptions and Strategies of the 40-year-olds

Authors

  • Elena L. Koneva Research Company «COMCON»
  • Vladimir V. Solodnikov Russian State University for the Humanities https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-9096
  • Irina V. Solodnikova Russian State Humanitarian University

Keywords:

middle age, perception of world economic crisis, types of ego identity, social consequences of economic crisis

Abstract

The article analyses how the 40-year-olds perceive world economic crisis of 2008 and systemizes the basic socio-psychological changes that happen in the everyday life of such respondents. The study was based upon the results of the survey conducted by method of focus groups (№=4) differed by sex and type of ego identity; the study revealed affective and cognitive features of the perception of the crisis, sources of information about the crisis, perceived changes in professional and family life, predicted social consequences and planned strategies to manage the crisis.

Author Biographies

Elena L. Koneva, Research Company «COMCON»

  • Research Company «COMCON», Moscow, Russia
    • General Director

 

Vladimir V. Solodnikov, Russian State University for the Humanities

  • Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia
    • Dr. Sci. (Soc.), Professor of the Chair of Applied Sociology

 

Irina V. Solodnikova, Russian State Humanitarian University

  • Russian State Humanitarian University, Moscow, Russia
    • Dr. Sci. (Soc.), Professor at the Faculty of Psychology

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Полтерович В.М. Экономический кризис, 2008 г.: ломка институтов и взглядов // Журнал новой экономической ассоциации. – 2009. - № 1-2. – С. 262-266.

Солодников В.В., Солодникова И.В. Объект исследования – «средний возраст» человека // Мониторинг общественного мнения. – 2009. – №1. – С.170.

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Published

2009-07-01

How to Cite

Koneva, E. L., Solodnikov, V. V., & Solodnikova, I. V. (2009). Economic Crisis: Perceptions and Strategies of the 40-year-olds. Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes, (3), 186–197. Retrieved from https://monitoringjournal.ru/index.php/monitoring/article/view/2854

Issue

No. 3 (2009)

Section

SOCIAL DIAGNOSTICS

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