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Social Psychology and Society
2026. Vol. 17, no. 1, 60–76
doi:10.17759/sps.2026170104
ISSN: 2221-1527 / 2311-7052 (online)

Discriminatory attitudes and their value predictors among representatives of different generations

 
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Abstract

Context and Relevance. Intergenerational studies of discriminatory attitudes and their value predictors contribute to the resolution of psychological problems associated with certain beliefs. Objective. To compare discriminatory attitudes and their value predictors among representatives of the youth and parental generations.
Hypothesis. Discriminatory attitudes among youth are less pronounced than those of the older generation (parental generation).
Methods and Materials. The study involved 263 participants. Representatives of the younger generation (M = 20,55 years) (n = 170, 97 women, 73 men) and the older generation (M = 42,22 years) (n = 93, 59 women, 38 men) were included. To assess the strength of discriminatory attitudes, questions were used that included discriminatory environments and outgroups. The expression of individual values was assessed using the Schwartz Value Questionnaire.
Results. The older generation is more inclined to limit activity, reject, and experience prejudice toward members of socially prominent groups. Among the younger generation, the value of tradition is a significant positive predictor of discriminatory attitudes, while the value of independence of thought is a significant negative predictor. Among the older generation, the value of power as a resource is a significant positive predictor of discriminatory attitudes; the value of hedonism and commitment to an ethnic group are significant negative predictors.
Conclusions. The value and sociodemographic predictors of general discriminatory attitudes differ between the younger and older generations. The younger generation's desire for independence and critical thinking helps reduce the intensity of prejudice toward others. Among the older generation, the value of hedonism significantly reduces general discriminatory attitudes. Among the younger generation, the value of traditions increases general discriminatory attitudes.

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Keywords: discriminatory attitudes, value predictors, youth, parents’ generation

Journal rubric: Empirical Research

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2026170104

Funding. The study was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation as part of scientific project No. 24-28-00529, https://rscf.ru/project/24-28-00529/.

Supplemental data. Datasets аvailable from https//ruspsydata.mgppu.ru/items/0af4417b-1bf7-448c-a800-
8a7c79fa2bdf/full.

Received 09.10.2025

Revised 25.01.2026

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For citation: Grigoryeva, M.V., Shamionov, R.M., Abutalipova, V.K. (2026). Discriminatory attitudes and their value predictors among representatives of different generations. Social Psychology and Society, 17(1), 60–76. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2026170104

© Grigoryeva M.V., Shamionov R.M., Abutalipova V.K., 2026

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Information About the Authors

Marina V. Grigoryeva, Doctor of Psychology, Head of the Department of Educational Psychology and Psychodiagnostics, Pedagogical Institute, Faculty of Psychological, Pedagogical and Special Education, Saratov National Research State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky, Saratov Military Order of Zhukov Red Banner Institute of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, Saratov, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2541-2186, e-mail: grigoryevamv@mail.ru

Rail M. Shamionov, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Head of the Department of Social Psychology of Education and Development, Pedagogical Institute, Faculty of Psychological, Pedagogical, and Special Education, Saratov National Research State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky, Saratov Military Order of Zhukov, Red Banner Institute of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, Saratov, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8358-597X, e-mail: shamionov@mail.ru

Venera K. Abutalipova, Junior Researcher, Department of Social Psychology of Education and Development, Saratov National Research State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky, Saratov, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2023-3324, e-mail: ganeevav@yahoo.com

Contribution of the authors

Marina V. Grigorieva — wrote and formatted the manuscript, annotated the article, and visualized the study results.
Rail M. Shamionov — conceived the study, applied statistical and mathematical methods to analyze the data, and visualized the study results.
Venera K. Abutalipova — collected and analyzed the data.
All authors participated in the discussion of the results and approved the final text of the manuscript.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethics statement

The study was reviewed and approved by the Expert Commission of Saratov State University (report no. 1269, October 7, 2025).

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