Intercultural Communicative Difficulties of Teens Migrants of the First and Second Generation: Cross-Cultural Aspect

Objectives. The study of communicative difficulties in situations of intercultural communication with adults and peers and how to overcome them among teenage migrants of the first (refugees) and second generation, living in Russia and Germany. Background. Intercultural communication in modern society, on the one hand, has become the norm of life, on the other hand, a source of conflict and interethnic barriers. Teens, who are sensitive to the difficulties of mastering intercultural communication, both linguistic and socio-psychological, are experiencing especially difficult migration processes. Therefore, it is extremely important to study the communicative difficulties of migrant teens. Study design. We studied the cross-cultural differences in communicative difficulties that arise in teens migrants of the first and second generation in situations of intercultural communication, as well as ways to overcome them. Statistical processing was carried out using the Mann—Whitney U-test, the multiple functional criterion φ* — the Fisher angular transformation. Participants. 200 teens aged 15—17 years (M=16.3). Measurements. Questionnaire “Difficulties of a teenager in communicating with peers and adults”, the method of unfinished sentences, which determines how to overcome communicative difficulties (author A.G. Samokhvalova). The methodological tools were translated into German and adapted by M.V. Metz. Results. It has been established that there are common intercultural communication difficulties that arise among refugee teens from zones of military conflict, regardless of their place of residence. Second-generation migrant teens are more successful in intercultural communication. First-generation migrants are significantly more likely to use destructive strategies to overcome intercultural communication difficulties. Conclusions. Migrant teens of the first and second generation living in Germany and Russia have both general and culturally specific communicative difficulties.

1. Kusurgashev V.N. Transformatsiya tsennostnykh ustanovok podrostkov pod vozdeistviem