Ethnic identity of children in ethnic-mixed families: thematic analysis

Sociological Analysis of the Relationship between Ethnic Identity and Civic Participation in the City of Ilam

The present research with a sociological approach studies the relationship between ethnic identity and civic engagement in the city of Ilam. The research methodology is survey and data collection tool is questionnaire. The statistical population includes all male and female people higher than 15 years old in the city of Ilam based on census in 2006. According to Cochran sampling, 400 people wer...

Ethnic Identity

Consistent with Erikson’s and Tajfel’s theoretical perspectives, the Ethnic Identity Scale (EIS) assesses three domains of ethnic identity formation: exploration, resolution, and affirmation. The current chapter explores the findings of three studies in which high school and university students (N = 1,171) completed measures of familial ethnic socialization and self-esteem in addition to comple...

Ethnic Identity and Discrimination among Children

We engaged almost 400 Canadian children aged five through eight years in a series of activities that were designed to reveal their beliefs about, self-identification with, and discrimination towards three ethnically phenotypic categories (White, East Asian, and South Asian). Our experiments took place at the children’s schools during their normal school day, allowing us to evaluate the salience...

Ethnic Identity Formation During Adolescence: The Critical Role of Families

Children, the Main Victims of Ethnic Violence in Myanmar

Human rights are the basic standards that people need to live in dignity. In addition to the rights that are available to all people, there are rights that apply only to children. Children need special rights because of their unique needs; they need additional protection that adults don’t. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international document that sets out all of...