The concept "altruism" for sociological research: from conceptualization to operationalization
This work addresses a domain-specific linguistic challenge for sociologists in Russia, but it is incremental as it applies existing theoretical frameworks to a new language context.
The paper tackles the conceptualization and operationalization of 'altruism' in Russian for sociological research, analyzing its usage in the Russian National Corpus and identifying features relevant for designing questionnaires and analyzing transcripts.
This article addresses the question of the relevant conceptualization of «altruism» in Russian from the perspective sociological research operationalization. It investigates the spheres of social application of the word «altruism», include Russian equivalent «vzaimopomoshh`» (mutual help). The data for the study comes from Russian National Corpus (Russian). The theoretical framework consists of Paul F. Lazarsfeld`s Theory of Sociological Research Methodology and the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM). Quantitative analysis shows features in the representation of altruism in Russian that sociologists need to know in the preparation of questionnaires, interview guides and analysis of transcripts.