Роль советской идентичности во взаимосвязи мультикультурализма и проницаемости социальных границ для русских в Армении

Культурно-историческая психология. 2021. Т. 17. № 4. С. 56–64.

Bultseva M. A., Bushina E., Берберян А. С., Kodja E.

The article considers whether support for multicultural ideology by the ethnic majority leads to a more inclusive sociocultural context for ethno-cultural minorities. We investigate the role of common superordinate identity in these relations on the example of Soviet identity in Armenia. A socio-psychological survey was conducted among 213 representatives of the ethnic majority of Armenia using the scale of multicultural ideology of J.W. Berry (2020), the scale of Soviet identity by K. Velkova (2020) and the scale of the permeability of social boundaries as adapted by M.R. Ramos et al. (2016). The results show that support for multicultural ideology by Armenians is positively associated with the permeability of social boundaries for Russians only if the Soviet identity is highly important for Armenians. To conclude, recategorization is influential for building inclusive sociocultural context and harmonizing intercultural relations.

Keywords: Армения, Armenia, multicultural ideology, мультикультурная идеология, надэтническая идентичность, soviet identity, советская идентичность, perceived inclusiveness of the context, воспринимаемая инклюзивность контекста, social boundaries permeability, superordinate identity, проницаемость социальных границ