Intergenerational Value Transmission and Well-Being of Adolescents from Ethnic Russian Minority in North and South Caucasus

This study aimed to reveal the relationships between intergeneration value transmission and well-being of Russian ethnic minority adolescents, living in three different sociocultural contexts: the two Russian republics of the North Caucasus: the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (RNO-A) and the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), as well as in the state of South Caucasus - Azerbaijan. The sample included 942 respondents (109 grandparent- parent-child triads in RN O-A; 103 grandparent- parent-child triads in KBR and 105 grandparent- parent-child triads in Azerbaijan). The respondents were surveyed using a PVQ-R by S. Schwartz, Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale and Diener’s et al. Satisfaction with Life Scale. Data processing was carried out using structural equation modeling (SEM) in AMOS. The results of multigroup analysis did not show structural invariance for all higher order values models, which means that the relationships between the intergenerational transmission of certain values and the well-being of adolescents differ in various sociocultural contexts. We also found the significant role of grandparents in the transmission of values towards adolescents in the families of ethnic Russian minority. The results are discussed.