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In the Search for a Post‐Communist Syndrome: A Theoretical Framework and Empirical Assessment
Author(s) -
KLICPEROVÁ MARTINA,
FEIERABEND IVO K.,
HOFSTETTER C. RICHARD
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of community and applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1099-1298
pISSN - 1052-9284
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1298(199702)7:1<39::aid-casp398>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - learned helplessness , communism , czech , social psychology , psychology , immorality , empirical research , sociology , criminology , social science , politics , developmental psychology , epistemology , law , political science , morality , linguistics , philosophy
A pattern of attitudes and behaviours in the recently freed, post‐communist countries is hypothesized as a post‐communist syndrome. This study describes the syndrome and its aetiology. The syndrome is viewed as a direct result of long‐lasting, oppressive rule and suggests a host of individual and social disorders: learned helplessness, specific manifestations of immorality/incivility, lack of civic culture and civic virtues. Using Q‐factor analysis of ‘civic culture’ in a sample of Czech, Hungarian and American students it was found that contrary to the hypothesis, the Czech respondents exhibited a robust civic culture. (© 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)