Resilience of arctic communities: Socio-economic aspect

The study investigates factors that directly or indirectly affect the development of settlements in the North-East of the Russian Arctic. The study highlights the specific features of the Arctic settlements of the Northeast, as well as factors that will be considered in the development of a methodology for assessing the resilience of Arctic communities to economic shocks. The main focus is on the investigation of demographic processes in the Northeast Arctic, since it is human capital that determines the resilience of settlements to economic shocks. According to the results of the analysis, it was found that the key trend is the migration outflow, and the factors constraining it are the growth of wages, the presence of a minimum improvement of housing, in particular, heating and guarantees of social support. Therewith, such a factor as the presence of traditional trades and occupations does not contribute to a decrease in the migration outflow. This study was performed to further develop the concept of resilience and form a methodology for assessing the resilience of the economic and social system of an Arctic settlement to economic shocks. In the future, this methodology makes provision for the construction of a model with factors and indicators that determine the resilience of the socio-economic system of the Arctic settlement in the North-East of Russia (as exemplified by the Bulunsky district of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)) to economic shocks

Resilience of Arctic Communities: Socio-Economic Aspect

International audienceThe study investigates factors that directly or indirectly affect the development of settlements in the North-East of the Russian Arctic. The study highlights the specific features of the Arctic settlements of the Northeast, as well as factors that will be considered in the development of a methodology for assessing the resilience of Arctic communities to economic shocks. The main focus is on the investigation of demographic processes in the Northeast Arctic, since it is human capital that determines the resilience of settlements to economic shocks. According to the results of the analysis, it was found that the key trend is the migration outflow, and the factors constraining it are the growth of wages, the presence of a minimum improvement of housing, in particular, heating and guarantees of social support. Therewith, such a factor as the presence of traditional trades and occupations does not contribute to a decrease in the migration outflow. This study was performed to further develop the concept of resilience and form a methodology for assessing the resilience of the economic and social system of an Arctic settlement to economic shocks. In the future, this methodology makes provision for the construction of a model with factors and indicators that determine the resilience of the socio-economic system of the Arctic settlement in the North-East of Russia (as exemplified by the Bulunsky district of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)) to economic shocks

Развитие лидерских способностей студентов-психологов средствами психологического консультирования

Introduction. The today’s strategy of the education system declaratively aims to train specialists with well-developed leadership abilities. In fact, universities graduate very few such specialist, which is especially relevant for psychological education. Leadership abilities, which form the basis for many professionally important qualities of a psychologist, are minimally developed in many students; traditional university-based training of psychologists does not provide their purposeful development. This empirical study is the first to prove that group psychological counseling may increase the level of leadership abilities of psychology students within a relatively short time. Psychological counseling can be integrated into the educational process. Methods. The empirical study involved 50 full-time bachelor-level students studying at the Faculty of Psychology, Irkutsk State University. The research used the following methods: (a) the test method of multi-scale personality inventories; (b) developing, modeling, teaching, and analytical methods of psychological counseling; and (c) methods of nonparametric statistics (Fisher’s angular transformation). Results. Psychological counseling of psychology students resulted in a substantial increase in the level of leadership abilities, in the levels of communicative and organizational skills associated with leadership, and in the levels of leadership qualities (for example, extraversion, lability, and spontaneity). Discussion. Psychological counseling contributes to an increase in the level of future psychologists’ leadership skills. Leadership skills are improved both in terms of leadership qualities and communication skills associated with leadership. Conclusion. The development of leadership abilities of future psychologists by methods of psychological counseling can and should become a part of their professional training. Group counseling sessions aiming at the development of leadership skills may be implemented within specialized elective courses and disciplines that provide the development of personality and leadership (social psychology, psychological counseling, etc.).Введение. Современная стратегия системы образования, декларативно нацеленная на подготовку специалистов с развитыми лидерскими способностями, фактически таких специалистов выпускает критически мало, что особенно негативно проявляется в психологическом образовании. Лидерские способности, содержательно составляющие основу для многих профессионально важных качеств психолога, у многих студентов развиты минимально, и традиционная вузовская подготовка психологов не предусматривает их целенаправленного развития. Было предпринято эмпирическое исследование, в котором мы впервые доказали, что проведение группового психологического консультирования за относительно короткий срок позволяет добиться повышения уровня лидерских способностей студентов-психологов и что эта работа может быть интегрирована в учебный процесс. Методы. В эмпирическом исследовании приняли участие 50 студентов, обучающихся на разных курсах очной формы бакалавриата факультета психологии Иркутского государственного университета. В исследовании были использованы следующие методы: тестовый метод многошкальных личностных опросников; развивающие, моделирующие, обучающие и аналитические методы психологического консультирования; методы непараметрической статистики (угловое преобразование Фишера). Результаты. В результате проведенной консультационной работы со студентами-психологами нам удалось повысить не только собственно показатель лидерских способностей, но и показатели сопряженных с ним коммуникативных и организаторских способностей, а также показатели личностных лидерских качеств (например, экстраверсии, лабильности, спонтанности). Обсуждение результатов. Психологическое консультирование способствует повышению уровня лидерских способностей будущих психологов: лидерские способности улучшаются как в части лидерских личностных качеств, так и в части сопряженных с лидерством коммуникативных способностей. Заключение. Развитие лидерских способностей будущих психологов методами психологического консультирования может и должно стать частью их профессиональной подготовки. Групповые консультационные сессии по развитию лидерских способностей могут быть реализованы как в рамках специализированных факультативов, так и в контексте дисциплин, содержание которых предусматривает развитие личности и лидерства (социальная психология, психологическое консультирование и др.)