A new issue of the journal “Social Psychology and Society” (No. 1, 2026) has been published.
The section “Empirical Research” presents articles covering pressing issues of contemporary life in Russia: a study by Lavelina D.Y. and Prusova I.S. on the contribution of social cohesion to life satisfaction in Russia; a study by Khrapkova D.N. on the psychological adaptation of residents of the Russian Federation’s frontline regions under conditions of armed conflict; a study by Gulevich O.A. and Semiletova L.A. on the impact of ideological polarization on family and romantic relationships; a study by Grigoryeva M.V., Shamionov R.M., and Abutalipova V.K. on discriminatory attitudes and their value predictors among representatives of different generations; and a study by Khusnutdinova M.R. and Poskakalova T.A. on the influence of the digital environment on the transformation of moral norms in adolescents’ online communication.
A study of one type of interest-based groups — a reading community — and the factors contributing to the psychological well-being of participants in such groups is presented in the article by Kuznetsova I.V., Medina Bracamonte N.A., Yakupova R.R., Kuznetsova E.A., and Afanasyeva J.A.
Two articles in the issue are devoted to prosocial behavior: an empirical study of the relationship between identity and prosocial behavior among contemporary Russian youth by Gurieva S.D., Liapina T.E., Yumkina E.A., Maltseva A.V., and Shilkina N.E., and an analysis of three dominant typologies of prosocial behavior in the scientific literature, conducted by Mikhailova O.R. and Bochaver A.A., published in the section “Applied Research and Practice”.
The section “Methodological Tools” presents an adapted version of the “Career Engagement Scale”, used to assess career development, by Volkova N.V., Bordunos A.K., and Chiker V.A., as well as the relevance index of the professional burnout topic in Russian mass media, developed and tested by Zavertiaeva M.A., Naidenova I.N., and Kireecheva A.D., with a description of the possibilities for its further use by researchers, practitioners, and public institutions.
In the section “Discussions and Disputations”, Petrowskiy V.A. shares his opinion on the article by G.V. Akopov, “Stages in the Conceptual Development of Social Psychology in Russia (on the 95th anniversary of B.D. Parygin”, published in Issue No. 2 (2025) of the journal “Social Psychology and Society”. The article by Tolstykh N.N. and Makhnach A.V. discusses the problem of the use of closely related but not identical concepts of “zhiznesposobnost” and “resilience” in Russian psychological discourse.
The section “Scientific Life” presents a report by Aleksandrova E.A. and Shorokhova V.A. on the international scientific and practical conference “Ethnopsychology: Theory and Practice”, held on November 21–22, 2025, at the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education. An article by Zhuravlev A.V., Zubova Yu.K., and Serebrennikova N.A. is prepared based on the materials of the round table “Yu.M. Zhukov as an Event in Social Psychology: On the 80th Anniversary of His Birth”, held on June 20, 2025, at the Faculty of Psychology of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
The issue concludes with an article by Krushelnitskaya O.B. and Marinova T.Yu., dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Yuryevich Kondratyev, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Education, one of the founders of the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Dean of the Faculty of Social Psychology (1998–2013), and the first Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Social Psychology and Society”.
Listen to episodes of the PsyJournals LIVE podcast, where the authors discuss their research:
Ruzilya Rinafovna Yakubova on the psychological well-being of a readership community member as a reference group.
Alexandra Alekseevna Bochaver on the typology of forms of prosocial behavior and the potential for their application in educational practices.
Alexandra Konstantinovna Bordunos, Vera Aleksandrovna Chiker, and Natalia Vladimirovna Volkova on the adaptation of a career development assessment method—the "Career Engagement" scale.
Rail Munirovich Shamionov on intergenerational studies of discriminatory attitudes and their value predictors.
Yulia Konstantinovna Zubova on the Yu. M. Zhukov Event Laboratory
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