TY - JOUR T1 - Research Capacity of Qualitative Sociological Methods When Studying Actual and Future Family Models of Children in Russia AU - Beschasnaya, Albina AU - Dashevskaia, Ekaterina JO - Research Journal of Applied Sciences VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 191 EP - 196 PY - 2017 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1815-932x DO - rjasci.2017.191.196 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjasci.2017.191.196 KW - daily occurrence KW -projective procedure KW -focus group KW -sociology of childhood KW -children KW -Family KW -construction of social reality AB - Comparative analysis of the images of the actual and probabilistic future families was conducted in order to study the peculiarities of formation of family models in children (senior preschool age). Data was collected using a combination of two research method, i.e., focus group method and family drawing projective technique. The reasons for selection of qualitative research methods in sociology were the following: psychological specifics of childhood, close determination of an evolving mind and children’s relations with the “lifeworld” and social space. The research has shown differences in the actual and future family models as viewed by children with a trend for their transformation. ER -