Modern researches of the conflicts in the field of small groups in Russian psychology

Abstract

The review of modern domestic scientific publications devoted to the study of conflicts in the field of small groups was carried out. The analysis of 28 scientific articles (7 – information-analytical, 19 – empirical and 2 – methodical) published in 21 Russian journals on psychology from 2000 to 2016 is shown. The analysis of the articles is made according to the following sections: the genre of publications, the type of studied groups, the research methods and methods, the fields and topics of the study. It is established that the greatest attention was paid to the authors of publications interpersonal conflict, and the most studied (in terms of the number of works) topics were the reasons for its appearance and the styles of behavior of individuals in such a conflict. The study of intergroup, group (between group and individual) and microgroup (between the informal subgroup and individual) conflict has isolated cases, and the conflict between informal subgroups in the group and between the group and the subgroup has not been considered at all. At the level of intergroup conflict, only the topic of perception and understanding of the conflict was considered, and at the level of group and micro-group conflict – types. In fact, there is no research on the relationship between different levels of conflict: between interpersonal and group, between interpersonal and intergroup, etc. In publications, there is very rarely a typological approach to understanding the conflict. The object of empirical research was mainly production and educational small groups, and the data were collected using various methods and techniques, among which the questionnaires were most often used.