Societal frustrations in a totalitarian vs. post-totalitarian condition and their assessment
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angličtina
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Societal frustrations in a totalitarian vs. post-totalitarian condition and their assessment
Original language description
Societal frustrations were analyzed from the point of view of hierarchy of needs theory (Maslow, Alderfer), the frustration-aggression theory (Dollard et al.), psychology of systemic frustration (Feierabend, Gurr), and the post-totalitarian syndrome (Klicperova-Baker). A representative sample of the Czech Republic (1093 respondents aged 15-69 years, 52% women) was surveyed by an original Societal Frustrations (SoFr) questionnaire with 32 items in 6 blocks, and a 6-point response scale (1 representing non-existent and 6 an extreme frustration). The survey was administered twice, once with respect to the authoritarian Communist regime (before 1989) and then referring to the current (2008) democratic but post-communist conditions. Results indicate a considerable social dissatisfaction both with the past (raw score 3.70) and with the present time (3.77). The past was generally most frustrating by obstacles to self-realization; among most upsetting were also ?restrictions of travel (rated a
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Classification
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O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
AN - Psychology
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Project
<a href="/en/project/LG13051" target="_blank" >LG13051: Participation of Czech psychologists in boards of international psychological societies</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů