ISSN 2520-6265 (print)
ISSN 2520-6273 (online)
Author:
V. O. Vasiutynskyi, Doctor of Psychological Science, Professor, Chief Researcher, Institute for Social and Political Psychology of NAES of Ukraine
ORCID: 0000 0002 9808 4550
E-mail: vadymvas55@gmail.com
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/upj.2019.2(12).3
Article Information
Issue: 2(12) 2019, pages: 49-59
Language: Ukrainian
Received: 12.05.19
1 st Revision: 21.05.19
Accepted: 28.05.19
Abstract
The course of political processes in contemporary Ukrainian society is strongly influenced by experiencing and evaluation of historical and actual guilt by different groups of the population. The corresponding problems affect the state and development of the public consciousness, in particular the consciousness of the youth. The purpose of this article is to identify the features of accusation for the problems in Ukrainian society made by Ukrainian students, depending on their subjective identification with different generations of fellow citizens. According to the survey of 120 Kyiv students, they are quite active in accusing the Ukrainian authorities, the oligarchs and the mafia, Russia as an aggressor, pro-Russian forces in Ukraine, communists, and older generations. The psychological structure of accusations includes attention to the Ukrainian-Russian confrontation, intra-Ukrainian political disagreements, the differences between ordinary and elite groups of the population, and work of the authorities. According to estimates, which respondents gave “on behalf” of different generations, they themselves accuse Russia, the Russian authorities and Russians in a less extent that their peers and older generations. In their opinion, the accusations toward the Soviet ideology weaken with age. The same can be said about the assessment of the President Poroshenko’s faults.
There are differences recorded depending on the respondents’ identification with peers or the generation of their parents. “On behalf” of peers, the respondents estimated relatively higher in the guilt of the older generation and lower the faults of the Communists. “On behalf” of their parents, the respondents accused more strongly the law enforcement agencies; and “on behalf of” their grandfathers, they accused the previous government led by Yanukovych and the residents of Crimea and Donbas.
Key words: generational identity, responsibility, group guilt, blaming, participants of public and political life.
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