CULTURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES OF SOCIAL CAPITAL OF ETHNIC GROUPS IN RUSSIA

Data of cross-cultural study of social capital of five ethnic groups of Russia (n = 300) is presented. According to proposed psychological point of view trust, social solidarity, civil identity, ethnic tolerance constitute the structure of social capital of polycultural society. The application of modified semantic differential technique for evaluation of perception of society social capital by representatives of different ethnic groups is based. The results of empirical study don't reveal significant differences in the level of social capital in representatives of different social groups. The largest number of inter-ethnic differences is marked in the ethnic groups' perception of the level of different society institutions social capital