Serhii Dembitskyi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4391682 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Serhii Dembitskyi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Serhii |
| FAMILY NAME | Dembitskyi |
| SIGNATURE | DEMBITSKYI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7958-3557 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Faith in victory as an indicator of national resilience
The aim of the article is (1) the theoretical substantiation of an approach to measuring national resilience through the prism of faith in victory and (2) the empirical analysis of social and psychological predictors of this phenomenon. Considering resilience as a multilevel concept conceptualized at the individual, community, and national levels, the authors emphasize the growing importance of macro-processes of resilience and the significance o…
Individual well-being
The article attempts to integrate a number of concepts related to individual well-being into a single research approach. The authors define individual well-being as the level and features of satisfaction of various significant needs, which can be both subjectively relevant to it and objectively important for successful functioning in various fields of individual life. The integral approach generalizes concepts from classical and modern works: sub…
Bridging the Gap
This study examines whether feelings of existential insecurity mediate the relationship between war exposure and religiosity. We analyze a nationwide cross‐sectional survey (September 2023; N = 2767) conducted in Ukraine during the ongoing war, applying partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS SEM) to model two outcomes: (1) the importance of the supernatural and (2) engagement in spiritual practices. We test whether direct persona…
The impact of stressful states on the value and motivational sphere of Ukrainians during the war
The article explores the impact of destructive psychological stress on the value-motivational sphere of the Ukrainian population during the Russo-Ukrainian war. A systems approach to the sociological study of values is employed to conceptualize the value-motivational sphere, identifying thirteen individual values grouped into three value spheres: basic needs, success, and universal reference points. The value-motivational states are measured usin…
Effect of war and displacement on psychological distress
Wartime psychological stressors
The article examines the impact of various wartime stressors on the mental health of the Ukrainian population. The psychological state of the population is assessed through indicators of psychological distress. A review of wartime stressors identified in previous research is presented, forming the basis for the authors’ proposed list of stressors (28 in total) encountered by the Ukrainian population. Through the empirical evaluation of these stre…
Victory-in-freedom
The article offers a rare systematic analysis of political attitudes in societies experiencing massive military invasions using statistical analysis of two original surveys conducted by the Ukraine National Academy of Sciences Institute of Sociology — a panel survey tracking the same respondents in three waves (N = 329, November 2021, June-July 2022, and June 2023) and an additional larger survey (N = 869, June 2023). Despite devastating sufferin…
Geosocietal Support for Democracy
We examine why public support for democracy in Ukraine increased after Russia’s 2014 intervention and surged after Russia’s 2022 invasion—despite concerns that the wartime quest for security would diminish support for political freedoms. We statistically analyze original data generated as part of annual opinion surveys by the Institute of Sociology at Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in 2017 (N = 2,199), 2018 (N = 1,800), and a 2021–22 pane…
War-induced stress and resources of socio-psychological resilience
The article presents a review, analysis, and an attempt of methodological adaptation of relevant social and psychological research to the problems and realities of stressful situations of the Russian-Ukrainian war. In particular, it is about the role and functions of mediative resources in overcoming and buffering stressful situations caused by war, adaptation and formation of social psychological resilience. The specificity of stressful situatio…
The value of self-realization in the structure of individual life
Article investigates the place of self-realization as individual value among factors of individual human life, including other individual values. The conceptualization of individual value of self-realization is offered, proceeding from psychological and sociological ways of its understanding. The empirical part of the article is based on the results of two online surveys. The first was held in March 2020 among students of Taras Shevchenko Nationa…
General attitudes towards the welfare state
The article is devoted to the results of the development of a sociological test “GSR-5”, designed to measure general attitudes towards the welfare state. A theoretical analysis of the measurement of attitudes towards the welfare state in modern Western societies has been carried out. It is concluded that the entire set of relevant studies can be divided into two categories - a priori (transition from the concept to existing measurements) and a po…
Geopolitical orientation of Ukraine’s population in 2018–2020
The article examines the changes in the geopolitical orientations of Ukraine’s population towards to European Union and Russian Federation in 2018-2020. The analysis is based on five representative surveys of the Ukraine’s population. Geopolitical orientations were measured with sociological tests "EU-geopol" and "RF-geopol". Also, based on the results of the 2020 survey, geopolitical orientations towards to the Baltic Assembly, V4, USA, GUAM and…
The state of psychological distress among various social groups in Ukraine during the Covid-19 pandemic
The main trends in public opinion research during the COVID-19 pandemic in different countries are considered. There are three areas of such research: 1) exploring of respondents’ experiences, which they associate with coronavirus and forced isolation; 2) study of the states dynamics; 3) tracking negative emotional dynamics that threaten mental health. The need to study [...]
Methods for the study of adaptation, inclusion and change of identities under conditions of mass migration
The purpose of this article is to present contributions to the development and testing of sociological tools to study processes of adaptation, inclusion and identities change during periods of large-scale migration triggered by armed conflict. The contribution also implies identifying in the pilot survey opportunities and limitations of these tools. Theories explaining adaptation, social inclusion and identities change were validated in previous …
Interpersonal Political Psychological Tension
This article is dedicated to examining the phenomenon of interpersonal political and psychological tension, as well as its measurement in the context of individual hostility and interpersonal sensitivity. The concept of social or interpersonal stress, which is generic in relation to interpersonal political and psychological tension, is analyzed. The article identifies the fragmentation of the field of relevant research, as well as a lack of the s…
Second round of the elections of the President of Ukraine
The political consciousness of V. Zelenskiy and P. Poroshenko voters is studied according to the following indicators: assessment of democracy of the developed countries and Ukraine, authoritarian installations, installations for public activity, geopolitical orientations concerning the European Union and the Russian Federation. Additionally, author analyses social well-being of different electoral groups. It was found that [...]
A systematic approach to sociological research of individual values
The paper presents the underpinnings of systematic approach to identifying and gauging individual-level values. First, the authors analysed how the “value” is conceptualised in works by M.Rokeach, R.Inglehart, G.Hofstede and S.Schwartz and came to the conclusion that all those conceptualisations focus on one particular component belonging to the inner structure of values. Hence an alternative interpretation was put forward according to which the …
Normless Anomie Index (NLAI)
This article presents the results of constructing and validating the “Normless anomie index” (NLAI) sociological test, designed to measure the level of anomie among Russian-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking respondents. The theoretical validity of NLAI is based on an understanding of anomie that was proposed and detailed in the works of R. Merton. The content of the index is based on normless indicators presented in the articles of D. Dean, G. McCl…
Measurement features of personal and social well-being in the European social research
Paper dwells upon the theoretical background, as well as the empirical results of tool use offered in the European Social Survey for the assessment of personal and social well-being. The analysis is based on the results of the measurement scale use for emotional well-being, vigorousness, and functionality. As a successful one, the author names the [...]
The study of psychological distress in sociological research
Papers describes the history of the formation of psychological distress sociology by the means of examining fundamental works of the psychological distress sociology founder – L. Pearlin, and modern researches presented in magazines, “Society and Mental Health” and “Journal of Health and Social Behavior”. L. Pearlin refers to the process of stress, consisting of stress sources (stressful [...]
Конструирование и валидизация социологического теста SCL-9-NR
This article describes the results of constructing and validating the sociological test SCL-9-NR, which measures psychological distress in survey research. It was conceived as an abbreviated and modified version of SCL-90-R.The theoretical validity of SCL-9-NR is based on the conceptual approach of SCL- 90-R. It describes symptoms of various psychiatric disorders discovered in professional practice by specialists in psychiatry.In order to select…
Determination principles of the criterial levels of the sociological test
The article evaluates the concept of the “norm” in its relation to sociological testing. Since there are no methodological works regarding norms in sociological testing, a starting point of the analysis is a study of standardization in psychological testing. For this matter the author considered the following components of standardization studies: achievement of representativeness, statistical [...]
Requirements for development and adaptation of complex measurement tools in sociology
The article dwells upon main characteristics of sociological research quality (reliability, validity and trustworthiness) as well as general logic of their testing. Complex measurement instruments divided into scales and indexes are in the focus. Scales aim to measure certain qualities that are not explicitly observed (latent variables) and determine characteristics, which underlie the indicators of [...]
Complex Measurement Instrumentsin Sociology
The purpose of this article is to critically evaluate the predominant paradigm of measurement in social sciences, as well as to formulate an alternative vision of sociological measurement. This task is solved within the context of complex measurement instruments in sociology, namely scales, indices and sociological tests. The latter are considered to be key elements.Sociological tests are considered a system of statements selected by sociological…
Curricula for empirical sociology
The suggested paper is the generalization of the 10-year experience of teaching courses on empiricalsociology at the universities of Kyiv, namely Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”,Academy of Labour, Social Relations and Tourism, National Drahomanov Pedagogical University, NationalAviation University, and National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”. According toauthor’s observation departments o…
Geosocietal Support for Democracy
We examine why public support for democracy in Ukraine increased after Russia’s 2014 intervention and surged after Russia’s 2022 invasion—despite concerns that the wartime quest for security would diminish support for political freedoms. We statistically analyze original data generated as part of annual opinion surveys by the Institute of Sociology at Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in 2017 (N = 2,199), 2018 (N = 1,800), and a 2021–22 pane…
Complex Measurement Instrumentsin Sociology
The purpose of this article is to critically evaluate the predominant paradigm of measurement in social sciences, as well as to formulate an alternative vision of sociological measurement. This task is solved within the context of complex measurement instruments in sociology, namely scales, indices and sociological tests. The latter are considered to be key elements.Sociological tests are considered a system of statements selected by sociological…
Factors of satisfaction of the population of presidential authorities in Ukraine (2000–2012)
This article is devoted to the three factors of satisfaction by presidential power in Ukraine–namely, the expectation refutation (comparison of expectations and actual performance) and political position of the respondents. As the theoretical basis for the study is used a model of R. Oliver and empirical analysis carried out using multivariate regression equations
Explanation of democratization process in theories of institutionalism of rational choice and cultural modernization
The article is devoted to empirical verification of theories of institutional-ism of rational choice and cultural modernization in part of explanation of process of democratization by them. At the same time statistical analysis is carried out at the country level, rather than respondents. As an empirical base are used statistical data of UNDP, expert opinions of Freedom House and the results of Global Values survey
Curricula for empirical sociology
The suggested paper is the generalization of the 10-year experience of teaching courses on empiricalsociology at the universities of Kyiv, namely Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”,Academy of Labour, Social Relations and Tourism, National Drahomanov Pedagogical University, NationalAviation University, and National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”. According toauthor’s observation departments o…
Frameworks for the measurement scales development in mixed methods research
The article presents analysis of four mixed methods frameworks for measurement scales development andvalidation. Three of themare presented in English-speaking sources and one–in the domestic: IDCV(A.Onwuegbuzie, R. Bustamante, J. Nelson), MDVR (R. Luyt), PEMI (P.-M. Daigneault, S. Jacob), and TVMS(S.Dembitskii). Common to all approaches is the use of the consistent design. Given the status of [...]
Determination principles of the criterial levels of the sociological test
The article evaluates the concept of the “norm” in its relation to sociological testing. Since there are no methodological works regarding norms in sociological testing, a starting point of the analysis is a study of standardization in psychological testing. For this matter the author considered the following components of standardization studies: achievement of representativeness, statistical [...]
Requirements for development and adaptation of complex measurement tools in sociology
The article dwells upon main characteristics of sociological research quality (reliability, validity and trustworthiness) as well as general logic of their testing. Complex measurement instruments divided into scales and indexes are in the focus. Scales aim to measure certain qualities that are not explicitly observed (latent variables) and determine characteristics, which underlie the indicators of [...]
Complex Measurement Instrumentsin Sociology
The purpose of this article is to critically evaluate the predominant paradigm of measurement in social sciences, as well as to formulate an alternative vision of sociological measurement. This task is solved within the context of complex measurement instruments in sociology, namely scales, indices and sociological tests. The latter are considered to be key elements.Sociological tests are considered a system of statements selected by sociological…
Measurement features of personal and social well-being in the European social research
Paper dwells upon the theoretical background, as well as the empirical results of tool use offered in the European Social Survey for the assessment of personal and social well-being. The analysis is based on the results of the measurement scale use for emotional well-being, vigorousness, and functionality. As a successful one, the author names the [...]
The study of psychological distress in sociological research
Papers describes the history of the formation of psychological distress sociology by the means of examining fundamental works of the psychological distress sociology founder – L. Pearlin, and modern researches presented in magazines, “Society and Mental Health” and “Journal of Health and Social Behavior”. L. Pearlin refers to the process of stress, consisting of stress sources (stressful [...]
Конструирование и валидизация социологического теста SCL-9-NR
This article describes the results of constructing and validating the sociological test SCL-9-NR, which measures psychological distress in survey research. It was conceived as an abbreviated and modified version of SCL-90-R.The theoretical validity of SCL-9-NR is based on the conceptual approach of SCL- 90-R. It describes symptoms of various psychiatric disorders discovered in professional practice by specialists in psychiatry.In order to select…
Second round of the elections of the President of Ukraine
The political consciousness of V. Zelenskiy and P. Poroshenko voters is studied according to the following indicators: assessment of democracy of the developed countries and Ukraine, authoritarian installations, installations for public activity, geopolitical orientations concerning the European Union and the Russian Federation. Additionally, author analyses social well-being of different electoral groups. It was found that [...]
A systematic approach to sociological research of individual values
The paper presents the underpinnings of systematic approach to identifying and gauging individual-level values. First, the authors analysed how the “value” is conceptualised in works by M.Rokeach, R.Inglehart, G.Hofstede and S.Schwartz and came to the conclusion that all those conceptualisations focus on one particular component belonging to the inner structure of values. Hence an alternative interpretation was put forward according to which the …
Normless Anomie Index (NLAI)
This article presents the results of constructing and validating the “Normless anomie index” (NLAI) sociological test, designed to measure the level of anomie among Russian-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking respondents. The theoretical validity of NLAI is based on an understanding of anomie that was proposed and detailed in the works of R. Merton. The content of the index is based on normless indicators presented in the articles of D. Dean, G. McCl…
The state of psychological distress among various social groups in Ukraine during the Covid-19 pandemic
The main trends in public opinion research during the COVID-19 pandemic in different countries are considered. There are three areas of such research: 1) exploring of respondents’ experiences, which they associate with coronavirus and forced isolation; 2) study of the states dynamics; 3) tracking negative emotional dynamics that threaten mental health. The need to study [...]
Methods for the study of adaptation, inclusion and change of identities under conditions of mass migration
The purpose of this article is to present contributions to the development and testing of sociological tools to study processes of adaptation, inclusion and identities change during periods of large-scale migration triggered by armed conflict. The contribution also implies identifying in the pilot survey opportunities and limitations of these tools. Theories explaining adaptation, social inclusion and identities change were validated in previous …
Interpersonal Political Psychological Tension
This article is dedicated to examining the phenomenon of interpersonal political and psychological tension, as well as its measurement in the context of individual hostility and interpersonal sensitivity. The concept of social or interpersonal stress, which is generic in relation to interpersonal political and psychological tension, is analyzed. The article identifies the fragmentation of the field of relevant research, as well as a lack of the s…
Geopolitical orientation of Ukraine’s population in 2018–2020
The article examines the changes in the geopolitical orientations of Ukraine’s population towards to European Union and Russian Federation in 2018-2020. The analysis is based on five representative surveys of the Ukraine’s population. Geopolitical orientations were measured with sociological tests "EU-geopol" and "RF-geopol". Also, based on the results of the 2020 survey, geopolitical orientations towards to the Baltic Assembly, V4, USA, GUAM and…
The value of self-realization in the structure of individual life
Article investigates the place of self-realization as individual value among factors of individual human life, including other individual values. The conceptualization of individual value of self-realization is offered, proceeding from psychological and sociological ways of its understanding. The empirical part of the article is based on the results of two online surveys. The first was held in March 2020 among students of Taras Shevchenko Nationa…
General attitudes towards the welfare state
The article is devoted to the results of the development of a sociological test “GSR-5”, designed to measure general attitudes towards the welfare state. A theoretical analysis of the measurement of attitudes towards the welfare state in modern Western societies has been carried out. It is concluded that the entire set of relevant studies can be divided into two categories - a priori (transition from the concept to existing measurements) and a po…
War-induced stress and resources of socio-psychological resilience
The article presents a review, analysis, and an attempt of methodological adaptation of relevant social and psychological research to the problems and realities of stressful situations of the Russian-Ukrainian war. In particular, it is about the role and functions of mediative resources in overcoming and buffering stressful situations caused by war, adaptation and formation of social psychological resilience. The specificity of stressful situatio…
Wartime psychological stressors
The article examines the impact of various wartime stressors on the mental health of the Ukrainian population. The psychological state of the population is assessed through indicators of psychological distress. A review of wartime stressors identified in previous research is presented, forming the basis for the authors’ proposed list of stressors (28 in total) encountered by the Ukrainian population. Through the empirical evaluation of these stre…
Victory-in-freedom
The article offers a rare systematic analysis of political attitudes in societies experiencing massive military invasions using statistical analysis of two original surveys conducted by the Ukraine National Academy of Sciences Institute of Sociology — a panel survey tracking the same respondents in three waves (N = 329, November 2021, June-July 2022, and June 2023) and an additional larger survey (N = 869, June 2023). Despite devastating sufferin…
Geosocietal Support for Democracy
We examine why public support for democracy in Ukraine increased after Russia’s 2014 intervention and surged after Russia’s 2022 invasion—despite concerns that the wartime quest for security would diminish support for political freedoms. We statistically analyze original data generated as part of annual opinion surveys by the Institute of Sociology at Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in 2017 (N = 2,199), 2018 (N = 1,800), and a 2021–22 pane…
The impact of stressful states on the value and motivational sphere of Ukrainians during the war
The article explores the impact of destructive psychological stress on the value-motivational sphere of the Ukrainian population during the Russo-Ukrainian war. A systems approach to the sociological study of values is employed to conceptualize the value-motivational sphere, identifying thirteen individual values grouped into three value spheres: basic needs, success, and universal reference points. The value-motivational states are measured usin…
Effect of war and displacement on psychological distress
Psychology (18 works) · Sociology (18 works) · Computer Science (14 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Mathematics (8 works) · Statistics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works)