Attitudes toward migration in russian: associations to social identity and moral foundations

Occupation: Research Fellow of the Chair of Pedagogy and Psychology
Affiliation: Shukshin Altai State University for Humanities and Pedagogy
Address: Biysk, 53 Korolenko str.

K. Belousov

Affiliation: Perm State University
Address: Perm, Bukireva st., 15

N. Zelianskaia

Affiliation: Perm State University
Address: Perm, Bukireva st., 15

I. Anoshkin

Affiliation: V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
Address: Simferopol, Academician Vernadsky Ave., 4

Journal name

Psikhologicheskii zhurnal

Edition

Volume 42 issue 3

Pages

52-63

Abstract

Investigations of psychological factors in migration attitudes are focused mainly on personality traits, while the role of moral values and norms remains understudied. The role of the binding moral foundations described in the framework of the moral foundations theory is of great interest. To test the hypothesis that binding moral foundations and social identity are related to migration attitudes, a questionnaire was developed that assesses attitudes towards external and internal migration. Analysis of the survey results of 1,020 people from 11 regions of Russia showed that binding moral foundations and different types of identity are related with migration attitudes. Binding moral foundations show stronger reverse correlations with attitudes towards migration when regional and national identities are high. Attachment to the national group and glorification of the national group mediate the link between binding moral foundations and migration attitudes.

Keywords

attitudes toward migration, Russian national and regional identity, moral foundations, binding moral foundations, patriotism

Acknowledgment

This work was supported by Russian Science Foundation, project № 20-18-00336

Received

31.05.2021

Publication date

12.06.2021

Number of characters

24537

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GOST	Sychev O., Belousov K., Zelianskaia N., Anoshkin I. Attitudes toward migration in russian: associations to social identity and moral foundations // Psikhologicheskii zhurnal – 2021. – V. 42. – issue 3 C. 52-63 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://psy.jes.su/S020595920015193-8-1 (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S020595920015193-8
MLA	Sychev, O., Belousov, K., Zelianskaia, N., Anoshkin, I. "Attitudes toward migration in russian: associations to social identity and moral foundations." Psikhologicheskii zhurnal 42.3 (2021):52-63. DOI: 10.31857/S020595920015193-8
APA	Sychev O., Belousov K., Zelianskaia N., Anoshkin I. (2021). Attitudes toward migration in russian: associations to social identity and moral foundations. Psikhologicheskii zhurnal 42(3), pp.52-63 DOI: 10.31857/S020595920015193-8

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