Prediction and determination of forgiveness in situations of inter- and intra-ethnic interaction

The problem of turning to the moral basis of a person’s socio-cultural experience, traditional humanistic values in relations with the modern multicultural world is posed. Theoretical models of prediction and determination of forgiveness (readiness to forgive, lack of rumination) in the interethnic and intra-ethnic interaction of individuals with different ethno-linguistic status have been constructed. Respondents: N = 249, citizens of the Russian Federation (105 – Slavic group, 71 – Finno-Ugric group), citizens of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan (73 – Turkic group). The results were processed using the Kraskel–Wallis H-test, the Mann–Whitney U-test, multiple regression analysis, and structural equation modeling. Regression equations have been built to predict forgiveness with the identification of complexes of predictors and determinants in a situation of interethnic and intra-ethnic interaction. The maximum effects of personal and communicative-behavioral determinants of forgiveness and readiness to forgive in the interaction with “insiders” and “outsiders” have been established cultural and environmental (cultural values of equality and social justice) predictors of the readiness of forgiveness of “others”, socio-demographic (ethno-linguistic status) predictors of the readiness to forgive of “insiders” have been identified. Along with the correlation of “outsiders” with a positive ethnic identity, there is a correlation between the readiness to forgive and ethnic indifference in the interaction with the dominant ethnic group. The results of the study are of practical importance in predicting interethnic relations at the regional (national-territorial formations of the Russian Federation) and international (friendly states of Central Asia) levels.