Value Transmission and Psychological Well-Being in Adolescents: A Three-Generational Study of Russians and Ossetians in the Republic of South Ossetia — the State of Alania10.17759/chp.2019150205

• Main Authors: Galyapina V.N., Lebedeva N.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow State University of Psychology and Education 2019-06-01
• Series: Культурно-историческая психология
• Subjects: values; transmission; psychological well-being; generation; adolescents; ethnic minority
• Online Access: http://psyjournals.ru/en/kip/2019/n2/Galyapina_Lebedeva.shtml

Subjective well-being and its predictors are a popular research subject in modern science. Many studies have revealed that intergenerational similarity of values and their transmission contribute to the psychological well-being of adolescents. Our research focuses on the similarities and differences of the relationship between intergenerational value transmission and well-being in Russian and Ossetian adolescents living in the Republic of South Ossetia — the State of Alania. The sample included 645 subjects (109 grandparent-parent-child triads from Russian families and 106 identical triads from Ossetian families). The following techniques were used: the PVQ-R Scale by S. Schwartz, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Satisfaction With Life Scale by Diener. The data was processed using Structural [e-mail] Modeling (SEM) in AMOS. The outcomes of the multigroup analysis showed differences in the relationship between intergenerational value transmission and well-being of the Russian and Ossetian adolescents. Also, we have found that older generations (grandparents) play a significant role in transmitting values to the adolescents in families of the Russian ethnic minority.