qainarQainar Journal of Social ScienceQainar Journal of Social Science2958-72122958-7220Q University10.58732/2958-7212-2026-3-51-65qainar-651Research ArticleСтатьиСоциальные представления молодежи о создании семьи и родительстве в РоссииSocial Representations of Family Formation and Parenthood Among Young Adults in Russiahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8262-7584ШклярТ. Л.ShklyarT. L.

к.э.н., доцент

Москва

Tatiana L. Shklyar – Cand. Sc. (Econ.), Associate Professor

Moscow

tlb@mail.ruРоссийский экономический университет им. Г.В. ПлехановаРоссияPlekhanov Russian University of EconomicsRussian Federation202606102026535165Copyright © Шкляр Т.Л., 20262026Шкляр Т.Л.Shklyar T.L.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.journal-kainar.kz/jour/article/view/651

Современные общества переживают существенные изменения в сфере создания семьи и репродуктивного поведения, сопровождающиеся изменениями социально разделяемых значений семьи, брака, беременности, ребенка и родительства. В настоящем исследовании изучалась структурная организация пяти взаимосвязанных социальных представлений, относящихся к созданию семьи и родительству, у молодежи в России. Использованы метод свободных ассоциаций и прототипический анализ П. Вержеса. Ответы были лексически и семантически стандартизированы и объединены в смысловые категории. Эмпирическую базу составили результаты онлайн-опроса 364 учащихся и студентов в возрасте 17– 25 лет, проживающих в России, в том числе 218 женщин (59,9%) и 146 мужчин (40,1%). Сбор данных проводился с декабря 2025 г. по февраль 2026 г. Каждый участник называл по три ассоциации к каждому из пяти стимулов. Представления о семье и браке имели преимущественно положительное содержание: любовь отметили соответственно 44,8% и 47,3% респондентов. Беременность и многодетное родительство чаще связывались с ответственностью и нагрузкой: физическую и эмоциональную нагрузку указали соответственно 14,6% и 31,3%, а финансовую нагрузку при многодетном родительстве — 24,7% участников. Социальные представления о семье, браке, беременности, ребёнке и многодетном родительстве имеют общие смысловые элементы, но различаются по их структурному положению. Полученные результаты демонстрируют возможности сравнительного структурного подхода для изучения того, как молодежь в России организует социально разделяемые знания о создании семьи и будущем родительстве.

Contemporary societies are undergoing substantial changes in family formation and reproductive behaviour, accompanied by shifts in socially shared meanings of family, marriage, pregnancy, children, and parenthood. This study examined the structural organisation of five related social representations concerning family formation and parenthood among young adults in Russia. The method of free associations and the prototypical analysis of P. Verges were used. The answers were lexically and semantically standardized and combined into semantic categories. The empirical basis was based on the results of an online survey of 364 students and university students aged 17-25 living in Russia, including 218 women (59.9%) and 146 men (40.1%). Data collection was conducted from December 2025 to February 2026. Each participant named three associations for each of the five stimuli. Ideas about family and marriage had mostly positive content: 44.8% and 47.3% of respondents noted love, respectively. Pregnancy and parenthood with many children were more often associated with responsibility and stress: 14.6% and 31.3% indicated physical and emotional stress, respectively, and 24.7% of participants indicated financial stress with parenthood with many children. Social concepts of family, marriage, pregnancy, child, and parenthood share common semantic elements but differ in their structural positions. The results demonstrate the possibilities of a comparative structural approach to study how young people in Russia organize socially shared knowledge about starting a family and future parenthood.

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