Dynamics of the sociocultural values of Russian youth (based on research data from the World Values Survey project)

The article provides a comparative analysis of the dynamic processes taking place in the value consciousness of Russian youth (changes in sociocultural values). The research information base is quite variable and is represented by various sources (thesis abstracts, monographs, articles, etc.). The theoretical and methodological basis of the research is the concepts of R. Inglehart, A. Maslow and S. Schwartz. The methodological basis for the secondary analysis of sociological data in this research project is, among other things, the publications of V.P. Goryainova, A.V. Strelnikova, V.S. Sychevoy. The main method of obtaining empirical information in the study is a secondary comparative analysis of sociological data (analysis of data from the World Values Survey project for the period from 1990 to 2020 (several waves of research conducted in Russia). Main results of the work: dynamic changes in the sociocultural values of Russian youth are analyzed in the study period from 1990 to 2020; the direction of changes in the sociocultural values of Russian youth was determined; the position of the sociocultural values of modern Russian youth (in age subgroups up to 29 years old and in the subgroup from 30 to 49 years old) in the context of the status-hierarchical structure of value consciousness, developed Lapin NI Scope of the research results: the formation of the concept of changes in the sociocultural values of Russian youth The research results are applicable for the innovation of training courses in the discipline «Sociology of culture», «Sociology of spiritual life»; and the formation of tools for sociological research devoted to the study of the problems of sociocultural values of modern Russian youth, as well as for the formation of state youth policy of the Russian Federation