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Social Psychology and Society
2019. Vol. 10, no. 3, 40–50
https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2019100303
ISSN: 2221-1527 / 2311-7052 (online)

Attitudes to global risks students of orthodox and secular universities

 
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Abstract

The study is devoted to the problem of comparing attitudes towards global risks among students of different mentality (religious and secular). It was assumed that this attitude varies in a number of components and forms links with identity and tolerance for uncertainty. Respondents: students of an Orthodox university (58 people at the age of 17—29 years old, of which 52% are girls, 48% are boys) and students of a secular university (69 people at the age of 16—31 years old, of whom 71% are girls, 29% are young men). The study used a questionnaire method using the techniques: “Attitude to global risks”, “Tolerance to uncertainty”, “Social identity”. Data was processed in the SPSS 20.0 program. The hypothesis was partially confirmed. Religious authoritarianism as a strategy to prevent global risks by returning to traditional values and controlling citizens is higher for Orthodox students. For secular students, it is more typical to see threats from a fatalistic point of view and to believe in the possibility of preventing global disasters by maintaining a balance of power, cooperation and compromises. Significant relationships of risk attitudes with tolerance to uncertainty and identity are found.

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Keywords: religious and secular mentality, global risks, social identity, tolerance to uncertainty.

Journal rubric: Empirical Research

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Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2019100303

Funding. This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project № 18-18-00439 “Human psychology in the context of global risks”)

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For citation: Emelyanova, T.P., Belykh, T.V. (2019). Attitudes to global risks students of orthodox and secular universities. Social Psychology and Society, 10(3), 40–50. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2019100303

© Emelyanova T.P., Belykh T.V., 2019

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Tatiana P. Emelyanova, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Chief Researcher in the Laboratory of Social and Economic Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0458-7705, e-mail: t_emelyanova@inbox.ru

Tatyana V. Belykh, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Leading Specialist of the Center for Competences on Safety Culture and Reliability of the Human Factor, Rosatom Technical Academy, Obninsk, Russian Federation, e-mail: pochta806@rambler.ru

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