Взаимосвязь социального капитала и аккультурационных ожиданий эстонцев в Эстонии: воспринимаемая угроза как медиатор

Культурно-историческая психология. 2021. Т. 17. № 4. С. 74–82.

Rodionov G.

This study examines the mediating role of perceived threat from other ethnic groups in the relationship between social capital and acculturation expectations of the host population. Consistent with Stefan's theory, the article examined the impact of three types of perceived threat: economic, cultural, and physical. The sample consists of ethnic Estonians born and living in Estonia (N = 309). The study examined how the perceived threat affects the relationship between social capital indicators (general trust, ethnic tolerance, binding and uniting social capital) and acculturation expectations (“multiculturalism”, “melting pot”, “segregation”). The results showed that physical perceived threat was a mediator of the relationship between ethnic tolerance and “multiculturalism”. With the increase in physical threat, the preference for “multiculturalism” decreased. Economic threat has been shown to mediate the relationship between general trust and “segregation”, as well as connecting social capital and “segregation”. In these two cases, the economic threat increased the likelihood of a preference for “segregation” by the host population. The mediative role of cultural threat was not confirmed in the present study.

Keywords: доверие, trust, этническая толерантность, Estonia, Эстония, perceived threat/discrimination, воспринимаемая угроза/дискриминация, Acculturation strategies/expectations, bridging social capital, ethnic tolerance, связывающий социальный капитал, соединяющий социальный капитал, аккультурационные стратегии/ожидания, binding social capital

Publication based on the results of: «Новая Русская Диаспора» 30 лет спустя: идентичность, социальный капитал, межкультурные отношения (2020)