SOTSIOLOGICHESKIJ ZHURNAL (SOCIOLOGICAL JOURNAL) 2018. Vol. 24. No.3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THEORY AND METHODOLOGY Constructing and validating the SCL-9-NR sociological test Serhii S. Dembitskyi 8-31 SURVEYS, EXPERIMENTS, CASE STUDIES Lonely old aged: surviving or living an active life? Gennadiy L. Voronin, Vladimir Ya. Zakharov, Polina M. Kozyreva 32-55 Subjective assessment of personal security as an indicator of adaptation to a risky environment Elena V. Shlykova 56-75 The specifics of understanding democracy, and their relation to the resource characteristics of the population: using Russia and Germany as an example Alla A. Salmina 76-97 Horizontal professional mobility in contemporary sociological studies Ekaterina S. Popova 98-116 HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY Establishing the first academic institute of sociology — ICSR AS USSR, 1968: the atmosphere and parties involved Larissa A. Kozlova 117-140 The social life of animals as perceived by Russian sociologists: P.L. Lavrov and N.I. Kareev Irina A. Shmerlina 141-162 The rise of American electoral research: Paul F. Lazarsfeld and “The People’s Choice” Alexey N. Vorobyev 163-179 REVIEWS, SUMMARIES Why and how in the time of “artificial sociality” sociologists should read a book published over 70 years ago? Gallup G., Rae S.F. The Pulse of Democracy. The Public Opinion Poll and How It Works. [Russ. ed.] Andrey V. Rezaev, Valentin S. Starikov, Natalia D. Tregubova 180-189 NEW RELEASES New Releases 190-191