Роль идентичности в межэтнических отношениях русских и осетин в Республике Северная Осетия-Алания: межпоколенный анализ

Общественные науки и современность. 2016. № 5. С. 128–142.

Galyapina V. N., Lebedeva N.

This paper examines the similarities and differences between the relationships of ‘own’ cultural and ‘other’ cultural identities on the one hand and acculturation strategies of integration and assimilation on another hand among representatives of three generations of Russians and Ossetians, living in RNO-A. The sample included 109 grandparent-parent-adolescent triads from ethnic Russian families and 106 triads from ethnic Ossetian families (N=645). In the Russian sample we found the negative impact of ‘own’ cultural identity (Russian) on the assimilation strategy and a positive impact of ‘other’ cultural identity (Caucasian) on the integration strategy in all three generations. Among Ossetians we did not reveal any clear influence of their ‘own’ cultural identity (Ossetian) on acculturation expectations in all three generations. ‘Other’ cultural identity (Russian) of Ossetian grandparents and adolescents positively influences the acculturation expectation ‘multiculturalism’. In adolescents sample (unlike grandparents and parents) this identity also has a positive impact on the acculturation expectation ‘melting pot’. ‘Own’ cultural identity of Ossetian parents and adolescents positively influences the acculturation expectation ‘multiculturalism’. For Ossetian parents (unlike for grandparents and adolescents) their ‘own’ cultural identity negatively affects the acculturation expectation ’melting pot’. In both ethnic groups ‘own’ cultural identities promote maintainance of ‘own’ culture, and ‘other’ cultural identities help to adopt successfully in multicultural society. These results require additional verification in studies with other samples.

Keywords: культурная идентичность, этническое меньшинство, ethnic minority, intergroup relations, межгрупповые отношения, аккультурационные стратегии, аккультурационные ожидания, acculturation expectations, поколения, generation, cultural identity, acculturation strategy, ethnic majority, этническое большинство

Publication based on the results of: Identity and Intercultural Interaction on the Post-Soviet Space: The Experience of Russia and Former USSR Countries (2016)