Voronin Sergey

Study of features of social reflection of the orthodox clergyman

Abstract

In the present-day reality, the Orthodox clergyman is more and more integrated in various social processes and interactions, becomes a more and more active subject of communication. In this regard, one of the main spheres of communication is social perception, which is understood as perceiving and evaluating, both of the other person and oneself through the eyes of this other person. The main mechanism in such “self-perceiving” is social refl ection. The object of this study is social refl ection of the Orthodox clergyman manifesting itself in the choice of various objects of social reflection, namely churchgoing and non-churchgoing young people. Main aims of the article are the study of the image of an Orthodox clergyman in the conscience of churchgoing and non-churchgoing young people; defi nition of intentionality of social reflection of the clergyman; assessment of accurateness of social refl ection of the clergyman in the case when its object is churchgoing and non-churchgoing young people. The logic of the research process includes a theoretical analysis, definition of the diagnostic inventory, description of the study and results obtained.

Keywords

social refl ection, social perception, image, priest, regular churchgoing, intentionality, youth, perception, attitude, self-perception

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Information about the author

Voronin Sergey

Academic Degree: Candidate of Sciences* in Education;
Place of work: Sochi State University; 26A, Sovetskaya Str., Sochi, 354000, Russian Federation;
Post: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Defectology;
ORCID: 0000-0002-3530-1001;
Email: voronin.sochi@mail.ru.

*According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, the degree of Candidate of Sciences (Cand.Sc.) belongs to ISCED level 8 — "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar.

Acknowledgments

I Express my gratitude to Tatiana Dubovitskaya, doctor of psychological Sciences, Professor of the Department of psychology and defectology, Sochi state University, for her advice in the process of writing this article