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Mental well-being in residents of monolingual and multilingual regions of Russia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

R. Shilko ,
L. Shaigerova ,
O. Almazova ,
A. Dolgikh  and
O. Vakhantseva
R. Shilko*
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
L. Shaigerova
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
O. Almazova
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
A. Dolgikh
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
O. Vakhantseva
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Despite numerous studies of the mental health and well-being of the population depending on various factors, insufficient attention is paid to the research of the relationship between well-being and mono- and multilingual regional specifics in multilingual and multicultural Russia.

Objectives

This study aims to identify a possible relationship between mental well-being in some regions of the Russian Federation and monolingualism and multilingualism inherent in these regions.

Methods

The study involved 966 participants (29.5% men and 70.5% women) aged 11 to 80 years (M=24.8; SD=12.19) from six regions of the Russian Federation: Crimea, Adygea, Bashkortostan, Sakha, Tatarstan and Kabardino-Balkarian region. The mental well-being of participants was assessed using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (Tennant et al., 2006; Tennant et al., 2007).

Results

The measures of mental well-being were compared among residents from the regions as following categories: native Russian language speakers in monolingual regions (144 participants); native Russian language speakers in multilingual regions (193 participants); native national language speakers in multilingual regions (325 participants); native Russian and national languages speakers in multilingual regions (304 participants). Using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), it was found that there were no significant differences in the assessments of mental well-being (F = 0.852; p = 0.521) among residents from the above categories.

Conclusions

Residents who are native speakers in Russian and national languages and are living in Russia’s regions with monolinguism and multilinguism demonstrate no difference in mental well-being measures. The reported study was funded by the RFBR, project number 17-29-09167.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

monolingual and multilingual regionsRussiamental well-beingmental health
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S302 - S303
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