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  • Division in Integration : How citizenships and integration profiles coincide 
    Manner, Joel (2019)
    This thesis explores the integration of the Russian-speaking minorities in Norway (n = 215), Finland (n = 252), and Estonia (n = 482) through the use of person-oriented methods encompassing socio-political measures central to several forms of integration. Economic situation, socio-demographics as well as variables tapping the perceived social status and sense of belonging of referents were used in multiple-correspondence and cluster analysis, producing three profiles of distinctive kinds of integration, namely: critical integration, separation, and assimilation. The citizenship status of cases within these profiles were then examined in order to find patterns corresponding with differing contexts of integration. Across national contexts, critical integration was the most common profile, and was connected along with the separation profile to those possessing citizenship of their respective nation. In the separation cluster, undetermined citizenship was most common, and dual citizenship most rare and almost exclusively associated with the critical integration profile. National contexts showed differences among proportions of cases in the identified profiles, with the critical integration and assimilation profiles being most common in Norway and Finland, and critical integration and separation profiles in Estonia.
  • Perceived Discrimination, Acculturation Attitudes and Psychological Adaptation Among Finnish-Ingrian Remigrants to Finland 
    Limpens, Evita Jurriena Talina (2013)
    This study was set out to investigate whether acculturation attitudes play a mediating role in the acculturation-adaptation link. The main focus was on the relationship between perceived discrimination and psychological adaptation and the potential mediating role of acculturation attitudes in this relationship. Expectations were based on previous research on ethnic and national identification and the role of these concepts in the acculturation-adaptation link. Acculturation attitudes were conceptualised based on Berry’s (1997) bidimensional categorisation of acculturation attitudes. The analysis was conducted among Finnish-Ingrian remigrants from Russia to Finland (n = 224). Data from questionnaires was collected at three times, including at the pre-migratory stage. Acculturation attitudes were measured with the two-statement measurement method: measuring preference for maintenance of the ethnic culture and preference for contact with and participation in the national culture separately. Psychological adaptation was assessed by Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (Roosenberg, 1965) and the General Well-Being Index (Gaston & Vogel, 2005). The analyses conducted were partially longitudinal and partially cross-sectional. Multiple regression was performed based on Baron and Kenny’s (1986) four-step mediation analysis approach. The results suggest that acculturation attitudes do not mediate the relationship between perceived discrimination and psychological adaptation. Limitations of the study are discussed and recommendations for further research are provided.

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