GFAT general fatalism scale: results of adaptation in the Russian sample

The lack of research on fatalism in Russian psychology indicates the need for a conceptual study of this phenomenon as a resource for adaptation to difficult life situations, a way to overcome stress, and a tool for coping with uncertainty. The present study fills the existing gap in the methodological development of the phenomenon of fatalism, offering preliminary results of the adaptation of the GFAT Scale of general Fatalism in the Russian sample. Confirmatory factor analysis stated the final (a posteriori) model of the scale of general fatalism, consisting of five factors (subscales), the indices of agreement in which satisfy the initial data after adding links between the errors of variables: CMIN = 2192.92; df = 1051; p = 0.000; GFI = 0.825; CFI = 0.916; RMSEA = 0.051; Pclose = 0.218. Preliminary results should be clarified in future studies by increasing the sample and making it more homogeneous.The results obtained expand the possibilities of conducting research aimed at identifying the adaptive potential of an individual and a group.