Associations of religious identification, secular identification, perceived discrimination, and political trust with ethnic and societal (national) identification.

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Çoymak, Ahmet

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The current thesis extends research in the area of multiple social identities and identity conflict by focusing on both intergroup and intraindividual process underlying structures of identities, namely, religious, ethnic, and societal (national) identifications. In addition, it examined the influence of political trust, and perceived discrimination the relationship between ethnic and societal identification for disadvantaged ethnic groups in Turkey. Two studies were conducted to evaluate the process of identity organization both inter group and in group. While, the first study addresses intergroup differentiations of these identities, second study focused on intraindividual process of these identities' structure. Supporting hypothesis stemming from Social Identity Theory and Optimal Distinctiveness Theory, political trust and perceived discrimination have roles of mediation in the relationship ethnic and societal identification, by contrast with secular and religious identities in the relationship. Results were discussed for their implications to politic context of the Turkey.

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Psychology., Race., Psychology M.S. thesis

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/18576

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A. Çoymak, “Associations of religious identification, secular identification, perceived discrimination, and political trust with ethnic and societal (national) identification.,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2009.