2. Italian sociologist Franco Ferrarotti makes a calling to get a deeper insight:

1. Dr.phil., assoc prof. Andris Vilks,Riga Stradins university, LatviaSUBJECTIVE DIMENSION IN SOCIAL WORKRESEARCH

2. - not only in the personality of the respondent, - but in the personality of the researcher as well - and to reveal his basic philosophical and sociopsychological viewpoints by self-analysis, - thus breaking the protective wall often existing between the researcher and research subject (in thatway to promote an intervention). 2.Italian sociologist Franco Ferrarotti makes a calling to get a deeper insight:

3. 3.When characterizing the subjective problems of social work research, one must pay attention to: • a) levels of philosophical wisdom, • b) presence of the socialpsychological factors in social work research.

4. 4.For social work research it is necessary to classify the philosophical wisdom in certain levels: • Classic philosophical • ________wisdom • Encyclopaedic • _____wisdom • Wisdom • based on • particular • ______science • Everyday • wisdom

5. 5.Identification and prognosis • The first level require someidentification with a respondent of everyday thinking. • However, the researcher has to be ready for the next step: to disassociate himself from the object up to fourth level: philosophical wisdom for formulation of social work intervention prognosis.

6. 6.The social work researcher • must maintain his focus on the fact that the research object • might be substituted by explanations of researcher's subjective impressions.

7. 7.Social self • A specific characteristic of the social self is a type of emotion. • This type could be called the awareness of possession which can be aggressive in order to gain power over the objects possessed.

8. 8.The human tries to mask himself • The human also frequently tries to mask himself when thinking of the evaluation formed in other’s mind. • The lack of such mask indicates narrow-mindedness.

9. 9.Social infection • The problems regarding social self are closely related to social infection, characterized • - by a rapid, unconscious, even irrational spread of various forms of behaviour, • - lose of critical ability of social resistance, self-consciousness and self-control.

10. 10.The social work researcher • The social work researcher must pay the most attention to the active (psychological) crowd • - frequently indicated by actions of mass-media, • - closely linked to the analysis of rumour in the process of a social work investigation.

11. 11.The social work researcher • It is also obvious that the social work researcher • - should examine himself and his position, • - whether the interpretation of the research results is not affected by the socio-culturalphenomenon of rumour.

12. 12.The socio-cultural tradition • The socio-cultural tradition is much more powerful than scientific logics. • In such cases in Latvia, there are two options for the researchers of social work.

13. 13.Tradition of criticism • One is to form one’s social and professional experience in accordance with a tradition of criticism. • However, social criticism: • - cannot see the essence of social processes and phenomena, • - cannot explain unpopular decisions of the government, • cannot analyse social life in long-term, etc.

14. 14.Insight into the scientific logics • The other option, is a deep insight into the scientific logics. • In order to obtain a competent understanding of the society’s life, one must have a serious mental and scientific insight.