Mariya A. Abramova, Galina S. Goncharova Type of marriage of parents as the factor of adaptation of a child in poli-ethnic society

Abstrakt

This article is based on the material of the specific socio-psychological
research held in Yakutia in 2006-2009. The influence of one of the most important
factors in the adaptation process is analyzed. In this article one of the most important
factors is the family, the type of marriage of parents (ethnically homogenous
and ethnically mixed marriage) which influences the acculturation strategies of
a child, his migration intentions, ethnic and civil self-identification, as well as his
level of psychological adaptation. The questions of historical and modernprerequisites
for the formation of positive attitude of the society towards the phenomenon
of ethnically mixed families in the North are also considered here.
Key words: type of marriage, ethnically homogenous marriage, ethnically mixed
marriage, acculturation strategy, self-identification of young people