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In the second phase, three focus group interviews were conducted to provide a deeper understanding of the statistical findings.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Empirical results show that the variable \u201cuniqueness and gender integration\u201d is the strongest predictor of national stability (\u03b2 = 0.254,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001). National identity itself also has a positive effect on stability (\u03b2 = 0.220,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001). However, the attitude to gender roles in isolation did not show a direct statistically significant effect on national stability (beta = \u22120.075,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.168). Qualitative analysis explains this phenomenon through society's rejection of pure egalitarian modernization as a guarantee of state security, and through latent resistance to foreign gender discourses isolated from the national context.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study shows that political stability in Kazakhstan is not achieved through simply imposing gender equality, but rather through integrating it as a natural part of the national historical code. 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