Ethnic identity, group status and type of settlement as predictors of ethnic intolerance

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Lebedeva N., Tatarko A.

The results of the field research of intergroup attitudes in Southern Russia (N=723) demonstrated that the relationships of the valence and uncertainty of ethnic identity, perceived discrimination and level of religious identity  with intergroup attitudes depend on a group status (majority – minority) and the type of settlement (dense-sparse). The perceived discrimination predicts the intolerance of intergroup attitudes among the majority group members whereas, the valence and uncertainty of ethnic identity – among the minorities members. The salience of ethnic identity and high level of religious identity predict intolerant attitudes among migrants with the dense way of settlement, the valence of identity and perceived discrimination predict intolerant attitudes among the migrants with the sparse type of settlement. The willingness to distinguish between people by religion provides the maintenance of their group boundaries and identity in multicultural regions of Russia. The growth of uncertainty of ethnic tolerance provides better adaptation of migrants in multicultural regions of Russia.

Keywords: ethnic identity, group status, ethnic intolerance, intergroup attitudes, perceived discrimination, ethnic tolerance

In book

Psychology in Russia: State of the Art

M.: Department of Psychology MSU&IG-SOCIN, 2008.