The Subjective Well-being of Russian Migrants in Spain and of Foreigners in Russia

The research of personal and cultural factors of subjective well-being of a personality, held in different countries with implementation of various methods, showed identities and differences of some dimensions. However, the question of subjective well-being alteration in case of fundamental changes in life preceded by migration of a person to another country is still unclear. The results of study of similarities and differences in structure of subjective well-being of three groups of people under test: Russian citizens, foreigners in Russia and Russian migrants in Spain are discussed in the article. The interconnection between its emotional and cognitive components is revealed. The distinctive structural features of a cognitive- evaluation component of subjective well-being of different groups of people under test are defined: the structure of subjective well-being of Russian citizens is more integrated (75%) than the structures of Russian migrants (50%) and foreigners in Russia (22%).