Foster care in Russia: problems and prospects

This paper discusses the process of development and functioning of foster families, one of the priority interventions for children without parental care in Russia. The author analyzes the main barriers to the development of foster care in Russia on the basis of national surveys; identifies obstacles to the development of foster care in the country and the necessity of its active implementation in domestic social practice

Modern attitude of students to family and marriage

В статье анализируются результаты социологического исследования, направленного на изучение отношения современной учащейся молодежи к семье и браку.The article analyzes the results of the survey aimed at studying the relationship of students to the modern family and marriage

Child Abuse in Russia as a Cause of Social Orphanhood

Volkova, O. A. Child Abuse in Russia as a Cause of Social Orphanhood / O. A. Volkova, O. V. Besschetnova // World Applied Sciences Journal. - 2013. - N26(12).-P. 1588-1594. - DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.26.12.13596. - Refer.: p. 1593-1594.The article analyzes child abuse and neglect and its impact on the social orphanhood in modern Russian society. The article includes the results of the survey, conducted in Saratov region, based on a questionnaire and interviews with schoolchildren aged 10-17 and parents who have minor childre

Preclinical manifestations of students’ eating disorders as an impact of the information and communication university environment

Students’ eating disorders include conditions and diseases characterized by irregular foods intake accomplished by stable anxiety effect regarding the mass and shape of their bodies. Information and communicative university environment is able to create a motivation for eating disorders, which damages individual’s health and well-being. The most typical forms of students’ eating disorders affected both girls and boys, are nervous bulimia and anorexia nervos

Social interaction as a factor of elderly and disabled peoples activity in receiving cardiovascular health services in Russia

The article presents the results of studying the peculiarities of the social interaction and its influence on the social activity of the elderly and disabled people in receiving cardiovascular health services in the Russian Federation. In order to study the level of knowledge about cardiovascular health and the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in February – June, 2018 the sociological research was conducted in Belgorod region (Russia) among elderly and disabled (n=240) by Laboratory of social projects of the Belgorod National Research University. The main research methods were qualitative (content analysis of individual social rehabilitation maps of the elderly and disabled) and quantitative methods (questionnaires

Social adaptation features of children in foster care

Volkova, O. A. Social adaptation features of children in foster care / O. A. Volkova, O. V. Besschetnova // European Journal of Science and Theology. - 2017. - Vol.11, N3.-P. 89-96. - Refer.: p. 95-96.This paper presents an analysis of the leading theoretical concepts, reflecting the specificity of the “social integration” concept from the interdisciplinary approach, and the results of an empirical study of the factors influencing the process of children social adaptation in foster care, based on interviews with foster parents and foster children aged 10-17 year

The Use of E-Learning Technologies in Foster Parent Training Programs

Volkova, O. A. The Use of E-Learning Technologies in Foster Parent Training Programs / O. A. Volkova, O. V. Besschetnova, Akifi Shah Sultan // Afghanistan Quarterly. - 2017. - N28-29.-P. 63-78. - Refer.: p. 76-78.According to national monitoring and individual scientific studies, there is an increasing number of orphans and children left without parental care worldwide. The urgent need of pre-service foster parent training in many countries including Russia and Afghanistan is recognized at the professiona

The resocialization process of elderly and disabled through club activities in institutional care

The article presents the results of sociological research on the issues of the re-socialization of elderly and people with functional limitations and health problems through club activities, based on the example of five institutions (boarding houses for the elderly and disabled) located in Belgorod regio

The Youth’s Attitude to Marriage and Family in Modem Russian Society

The Youth’s Attitude to Marriage and Family in Modem Russian Society / O. A. Volkova [et al.] // The Social Sciences. - 2015. - N10(6).-P. 318-321. - Refer.: p. 320-321.The study presents the results of the survey, conducted in 2010 in Saratov region in order to study the attitudes of young people aged 17-30 towards marriage, family, cohabiting and the number of children in the famil

Termination of Parental Rights as a Reason of Social Orphanhood in Russia

Termination of Parental Rights as a Reason of Social Orphanhood in Russia / O. A. Volkova [et al.] // The Social Sciences. - 2016. - N11(5).-P. 6854-6857. - Refer.: p. 6857.The study presents the results of a sociological survey, conducted in 2016 in the framework of the research project “life trajectories of children and their biological parents, restored their parental rights” in Belgorod, Saratov regions and the Trans-Baikal regio