Motivational goals, group identifications, and psychosocial adjustment of returning migrants: The case of Jews returning to Russia

Eugene Tartakovsky*, Eduard Patrakov, Marina Nikulina

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Abstract

The present study investigated the motivational goals, group identifications, and psychosocial adjustment of Jews who returned to Russia after emigrating from the republics of the Former Soviet Union to different countries (n = 151). To gain a deeper understanding of these returning migrants, their traits were compared with those of Jews living in Russia who did not emigrate (n = 935). Compared to locals, returnees reported a higher preference for the openness to change and self-enhancement values and a lower preference for the conservation values; there was no difference in the self-transcendence values. Returning migrants had a relatively weak affiliation with the home country: they had a weaker identification with the home country than with the country of emigration, their identification with Russians was weaker than that among Jews who did not emigrate from Russia, and their intention to emigrate (again) from Russia was greater than that among locals. However, the Jewish identification of returning migrants was similar to that of locals. The adjustment of returning migrants varied across different dimensions: their economic adjustment was better than that of locals; however, the interpersonal adjustment of returnees was less successful than among locals.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)78-86
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Journal of Psychology
Volume52
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2017

Keywords

  • Group identifications
  • Israel
  • Jews
  • Psychosocial adjustment
  • Returning migrants
  • Russia
  • Value preferences

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