Sara Najafpour; ali TadayyonRad; sayed mohsen alesayedghafur
Abstract
The occasional occurrence of anti-national and divergent behaviors, especially among young people in the public areas and places such as stadiums, makes it necessary to understand how and why such social and political actions take place in order to resolve the disturbances in the path of ethnic integration ...
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The occasional occurrence of anti-national and divergent behaviors, especially among young people in the public areas and places such as stadiums, makes it necessary to understand how and why such social and political actions take place in order to resolve the disturbances in the path of ethnic integration in the country. In societies like Iran, where different ethnic groups live together, ethnicity and its related issues are among the issues that affect the socio-political activities of citizens in different ways and especially can lead to national and inter-ethnic convergence or divergence. In this framework, our main problem is to investigate the ethnic factors that affect inter-ethnic or national diversity, and the main question is which intra-ethnic factors increase and strengthen the divergent and anti-national behaviors of the youth of different ethnicities?
To investigate the issue, quantitative survey method and a questionnaire were used in Ahvaz city. Research findings showed that exclusive in-group identity, insecure identity orientation, inter-ethnic identity distance, institutional inequality and relative power of in-group are effective on diversity and divergent behaviors regarding national identity