ИСТИНА

Diagnostics of the motivational space at the level of the collective subject permit to identify the main motives dominating in a given group of people as a whole and to judge the existing problems of the social level. With this purpose, the empirical study that used the motivational attribution method was done. The questionnaire included the table, where the columns were the set of motivational constructs (primary items) and the rows were an set of actions related to human life in the pandemic, as well as judgments regarding various social problems caused by the pandemic (objects). A respondent for each category should evaluate in what degree an item determines (causes) an object. The study was conducted in early 2021 in Russia (112 subjects) and Uzbekistan (76 subjects). Two different psychosemantic questionnaires motives X actions/judgments were developed for both countries, respecting their social situation. The Russian methodology included 20 primary items - motivational constructs and 21 actions related to behavior in the context of the pandemic. The methodology tested in Uzbekistan included 19 motivational constructs and 12 judgments about COVID-19. The primary motivational constructs were grouped into larger categories using factor analysis. In the study on the Russian sample, 4 motivational factors were identified: “Safety” (36.7%), “Self-determination” (17.2%), “Competence and relationship with others” (7.2%), “Conformity” (4.9%). By the results, in the motivational factors in Uzbekistan were: “Safety” (38.3%), “Relationship with others” (10.4%), “Self-determination” (9.4%), “Competence” (5.6%). In both cases, the constructed motivational space reflects the transformation of the structure of initial needs. The fundamental needs for safety and relationship with others became essential instead of self-determination. These results can be explained by the fact that the respondents of both samples are characterized by a sense of threat, loss of security, and strong emotional tension. [Grant of RSСF 21-18-00624.]