Youth Ethnic and National Identity (Case Study: Youth in Alborz Province)

The most fundamental changes in human development occur during the period of adolescence and youth, during which a person has always been searching and searching for his own meaning and nature, and this search and exploration in the environment and community around him and in connection with others can be. The young person knows that this community-including the family, the clan, the people and the nation- has formed part of its existence and nature, and is socialized and identified through interaction with them.
The present study was conducted in a survey method and a questionnaire was used to collect data. The statistical population includes young people between 18 and 30 years of age belonging to 6 ethnic groups living in the city of Karaj, and 245 of them were selected using the Cochran formula. The results of the research indicate the similarities and similarities between ethnic and national identities. There is a significant difference between ethnicity and nationality in general ethnic groups. However, it is not indicative that the particular dimension of ethnic and national identity is weak in them. The results show that the variables of cultural capital, mass media and duration of residence in Karaj have a direct and increasing indirect effect on the tendency to dimensions General ethnic and national identity. The range of relationships alone has direct effect, and on the other hand, with the increasing sense of relative deprivation in youth, the tendency towards the general dimensions of ethnic and national identity is undermined. In total, the above 5 variables make up about 29% of the changes in the trend towards the general dimensions of ethnic and national identity among young people.