RUDN Journal of SociologyRUDN Journal of Sociology2313-22722408-8897Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumamba6394Research ArticleAdaptation of Students to University Milieu: A Social-Phenomenological AnalysisBronzinoL Yu<p>Sociology Chair</p>lbronzino@gmail.comVolchinaA E<p>Sociology Chair</p>anira-ena@inbox.ruPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia15042012412113107092016Copyright © 2012, Bronzino, Volchina2012<p>Phenomenological sociology, due to its specific approach to the study of society, has become the theoretical and methodological basis for analyzing a number of social phenomena, conventionally termed as subjective. To these phenomena we refer adaptation a complex social-psychological process, involving the individuals immersion into a new socio-cultural milieu and, consequently, initiating ambiguous shifts in personal development. The article describes the results of the research carried out in April, 2012 and focused on adaptation processes characteristic for PFUR students, with the analysis relying on the depth interview method within the framework of this theoretical paradigm.</p>adaptationsocializationphenomenological sociologya depth interviewstudentsадаптациясоциализацияфеноменологическая социологияглубинное интервьюстуденты[Abel's Kh. Romantika, fenomenologicheskaya sotsiologiya i kachestvennoe sotsial'noe issledovanie. — URL: http://coolreferat.com/247116][Berger P., Lukman T. Sotsial'noe konstruirovanie real'nosti. Traktat po sotsiologii znaniya. — M., 1995.][Kommunikativnost'. Tolkovyi perevodovedcheskii slovar'. — URL: http://perevodovedcheskiy.academic.ru.][Meshcheryakova L.Yu. Fenomenologicheskaya sotsiologiya Al'freda Shyutsa: teoreticheskie predposylki i osnovnye idei // Vestnik RUDN. Seriya «Sotsiologiya». — 2002. — № 1.][Turchik A.V. Konversatsionnyi analiz rechevogo vzaimodeistviya v situatsii issledovatel'skogo interv'yu. Diss.... kand. sotsiol. nauk. — M., 2010.][Shyuts A. Izbrannoe: Mir, svetyashchiisya smyslom / Per. s nem. i angl. — M., 2004.][Shyuts A. Struktura povsednevnogo myshleniya // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya. — 1988. — № 2.][Shyuts A. Formirovanie ponyatiya i teorii v obshchestvennykh naukakh // Amerikanskaya sotsiologicheskaya mysl'. — M., 1996.][Phenomenology // Encyclopedia of Sociology. E.F. Borgatta, R. Montgomery (ed.). — Vol. 3. — Macmillan Reference USA, 2000.]