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Psychological-Educational Studies
2019. Vol. 11, no. 2, 58–73
doi:10.17759/psyedu.2019110206
ISSN: 2587-6139 (online)

Perceptions and Attitudes towards European Values among Russian Bachelor Students of Moscow University

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O.E. Khukhlaev, M.Y. Chibisova, S.A. Usybyan

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Abstract

The article presents results of empirical research devoted to perception and attitudes towards European values among Russian bachelor students of Moscow University. Group discussion (focs-groups) were conducted. 60 bachelor students from MSUPE (“Psychology” and “Youth work” learning directions) took part in the study. The focus groups’ transcripts were analyzed using the phenomenological approach as well as “grounded theory”. It was presumed that the attitude towards European values would be controversial and that students of different leaning directions would have specific characteristics in their perception of European values. The research results show that the representations of European values among Russian bachelor students can be divided into three semantic groups: “Values as social practices”, “Values in social-political sphere”, “Material culture values”. Attitudes towards them is characterized by abundance of controversial semantics.

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Keywords: students, values, Europe, Europeans, Russia, academic mobility

Journal rubric: Psychology of Education

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/psyedu.2019110206

Funding. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission (Erasmus+ project #575548-EPP-1-2016-1-RU-EPPJMO-MODULE). The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

For citation: Khukhlaev O.E., Chibisova M.Y., Usybyan S.A. Perceptions and Attitudes towards European Values among Russian Bachelor Students of Moscow University [Elektronnyi resurs]. Psychological-Educational Studies, 2019. Vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 58–73. DOI: 10.17759/psyedu.2019110206. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Oleg E. Khukhlaev, PhD in Psychology, Assistant Professor, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Acre, Israel, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4620-9534, e-mail: huhlaevoe@mgppu.ru

Marina Y. Chibisova, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor, Chair of Social Pedagogy and Psychology, Faculty of Pedagogics and Psychology, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-6001, e-mail: marina_jurievna@mail.ru

Shushanik A. Usybyan, UMR Specialist of the International Relations Department of MSPPU, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Post-Graduate Student of the Moscow State Psychological and Pedagogical University (MSPPU), Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4427-6677, e-mail: usubyansha@mgppu.ru

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