Characteristics and formation factors of strategies for social adaptation to COVID-19 among the population of the Republic of Belarus

Authors

  • Alena V. Shkurova Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1214-0783
  • Yauhen N. Navitsky Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3308-1858
  • Maxim A. Kudrevich Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220012, Belarus https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5108-8514

Keywords:

spread of COVID-19, sociological research, social adaptation, social adaptation strategies, social norm, interiorisation
Supporting Agencies
The work was carried out with the support of the Belarusian Republican Foundation for Basic Research within the framework of the scientific project No. Г21КОВИД017 «Strategies for social adaptation of the population of the Republic of Belarus in the conditions of the spread of COVID-19 infection».

Abstract

The article presents the results of public opinion study on COVID-19 in the Republic of Belarus. The strategies of social adaptation implemented by the population are presented and described in accordance with the developed model of the typology of methods of social adaptation. The key parameters for constructing a typology are the level of anxiety, self-identification with the type of reaction, the frequency of tracking information about COVID-19; a variety of preventive measures performed. In addition, based on the comparison of the described behaviours with other indicators, one can judge the specifics of the social portrait of adherents of various strategies, the specifics of choosing sources of information about COVID-19 and the frequency of their use, the dynamics of attitudes towards the medical field, including vaccination. The system of social control and the adoption of preventive measures in educational and professional organisations are essential for the formation of strategies for social adaptation.

Author Biographies

  • Alena V. Shkurova, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    PhD (sociology), docent; head of the Operational Research Centre

  • Yauhen N. Navitsky, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    researcher at the Operational Research Centre

  • Maxim A. Kudrevich, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220012, Belarus

    trainee of the junior researcher at the Operational Research Centre

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Published

2022-03-29

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No. 1 (2022): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

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From the Working Table of a Sociologist

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Shkurova, A.V. et al. 2022. Characteristics and formation factors of strategies for social adaptation to COVID-19 among the population of the Republic of Belarus. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 1 (Mar. 2022), 96–103. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6821-2022-1-96-103.