CULTURAL AND ETHNIC FACTOR OF PERSONAL HELPLESSNESS FORMATION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF CENTRAL ASIAN MIGRANTS
Abstract
Introduction. Uncontrolled social, economic and political events that are traumatic for the subject can act as a predictor of the formation of personal helplessness. The article examines the cultural and ethnic factors of the formation of personal helplessness and independence based on the study of migrants from Central Asia. The factors are indicators of ethnic identity and cultural values of migrants.
Purpose: to identify cultural and ethnic factors of the formation of personal helplessness based on the material of migrants from Central Asia.
Methodology. In accordance with the purpose of the study, the sample consisted of migrants from Central Asia (N=222, average age 20.84, median 20). To study the cultural and ethnic characteristics of personal helplessness and independence, two groups of respondents were formed: subjects with personal helplessness and subjects with independence. The following research methods were used: the questionnaire of personal helplessness (M.O. Klimova, D.A. Tsiring), the questionnaire “Types of ethnic identity” (G.U. Soldatova, S.V. Ryzhova), the methodology of G. Hofstede’s “Values Research Module”, a methodology for studying cultural values of Sh. Schwartz.
Results. In the course of the study, it was found that the features of cultural values and ethnic identity act as a risk factor for the formation of personal helplessness. Indicators of ethno-isolationism, ethno-fanaticism and masculinity, which contribute to the differentiation of respondents – migrants from Central Asian countries – into personally helpless and independent. The severity of these indicators contributes to the formation of independence. With a low level of severity, these indicators act as factors in the formation of personal helplessness.
Practical implications. The data obtained form the basis for the development and testing of programs of psychoprophylaxis and psychological correction of personal helplessness, programs to support the adaptation process in migrants.
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