Comparison of models explaining ethnic, national and religious identity based on exploratory path analysis

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

mozhgan azhideh ¹ , seyedsaeid aghaei ² , Akhtar Shiri ³

1 - Student / Islamic Azad University / Tehran Center Branch / Tehran / Iran
2 - Faculty member / Sociology Department / Faculty of Social Sciences / Islamic Azad University of Central Tehran / Tehran / Iran
3 - sociology, social sciences, Central Brancg of Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-04-12 Accepted : 2020-04-25 Published : 2007-12-22

Keywords: religious identity, national identity, Ethnic Identity, civil disobedience, cultural elements,

Abstract :

The study began by comparing the models that explain the three identities: national, ethnic, and religious, and comparing the three models. The theoretical framework based on the symbolic interaction approach and the theoretical origins of its formation in gypsy theory and its formation was formulated by Mead, Bloomer and Goffman, and the variables of individual and group desires, civil disobedience, mass media, social base and Cultural elements (values ​​and social norms) were considered as independent variables. This research was conducted with a survey method and a researcher-made questionnaire tool in the data collection section.The statistical population included high school students in the 17th district of Tehran, which was estimated to be 370 using the Cochran's formula, and the samples were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. The results showed that changes in national identity, 54.6%, religious identity, 59.7% and ethnic identity, 57% are done by these variables. In all three models, cultural elements had the highest level of explanation, and the mass media had a positive effect on the explanation of national identity and negatively on ethnic and religious identity. On the other hand, in addition to the variable of cultural elements, individual and group demands had a direct impact on explaining changes in ethnic identity, while influencing the variable of national identity, civil disobedience, and social base.