RUDN Journal of Psychology and PedagogicsRUDN Journal of Psychology and PedagogicsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Психология и педагогика2313-16832313-1705Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)4565410.22363/2313-1683-2024-21-2-445-465KMECDIIDENTITY, MIGRATION AND INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS IN THE POST-SOVIET SPACEИДЕНТИЧНОСТЬ, МИГРАЦИЯ И МЕЖКУЛЬТУРНЫЕ ОТНОШЕНИЯ НА ПОСТСОВЕТСКОМ ПРОСТРАНСТВЕResearch ArticleThe Role of Self-Efficacy, Perceived Threat and Perceived Discrimination as Adaptation Factors for Russians in Estonia and KazakhstanРоль самоэффективности, воспринимаемой угрозы и воспринимаемой дискриминации как факторов адаптации русских в Эстонии и Казахстанеhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1113-18104034-0458RodionovGermogen Ya.РодионовГермоген Ярославович

PhD in Psychology, Associate Researcher, Center for Sociocultural Research, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology

кандидат психологических наук, старший преподаватель департамента психологии, младший научный сотрудник Центра социокультурных исследований факультета социальных наук

germogen93@mail.ruHSE UniversityНациональный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»15122024212VOL 21, NO2 (2024)ТОМ 21, №2 (2024)44546528082025Copyright ©; 2024, Rodionov G.Y.Copyright ©; 2024, Родионов Г.Я.2024Rodionov G.Y.Родионов Г.Я.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/psychology-pedagogics/article/view/45654

The aim of this study was to analyze self-efficacy, perceived threat and perceived discrimination as factors influencing the adaptation of the Russian ethnic minority in Estonia and Kazakhstan. According to Stephan’s theory, three types of perceived threat were considered: economic, cultural and physical. The sample included 272 Russians living in Estonia and 200 Russians from Kazakhstan. The data were processed using multiple regression analysis based on the SPSS v.27 program. The results showed that cultural threat had a negative relationship with life satisfaction and self-esteem. It was also found that cultural threat was negatively related to integration and assimilation but positively related to separation among the Russians in Estonia. Economic threat was positively related to the separation strategy but negatively related to the integration strategy among the Russians in Kazakhstan. Self-efficacy, in turn, was positively correlated with life satisfaction and self-esteem, and was also a factor contributing to the choice of integration and adaptation strategies among the Russians in Kazakhstan. The results of this study show the importance of self-efficacy as a personal factor, along with perceived threats, in the context of an ethnic minority being adapted in the host society.

Данное исследование имеет целью анализ самоэффективности, воспринимаемой угрозы и дискриминации как факторов, влияющих на адаптацию русского этнического меньшинства в Эстонии и Казахстане. В соответствии с теорией Стефана рассматриваются три вида воспринимаемой угрозы: экономическая, культурная и физическая. Выборка включает 272 русских, проживающих в Эстонии, и 200 русских из Казахстана. Для исследования данных использовался множественный регрессионный анализ при помощи программы SPSS v.27. Результаты показали, что культурная угроза у русских в Эстонии имеет негативную связь с удовлетворенностью жизнью и самооценкой. Также была выявлена отрицательная взаимосвязь между культурной угрозой и интеграцией, ассимиляцией, а положительная - с сепарацией среди русских в Эстонии. Экономическая угроза положительно связана со стратегией сепарации и отрицательно - со стратегией интеграции среди русских в Казахстане. Самоэффективность, в свою очередь, положительно коррелирует с удовлетворенностью жизнью и самооценкой, а также является фактором, способствующим выбору стратегии интеграции и адаптации среди русских в Казахстане. Результаты данного исследования показывают важность такого личностного фактора, как самоэффективность наряду с воспринимаемыми угрозами в контексте адаптации этнического меньшинства в принимающем обществе.

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