National identity in adolescents and youths (Mata analysis of existing articles

  One of the most important issues of adolescence and youth is the issue of identity and one of the most important types of identity is national identity. Varsity of research that carried out in this area reveals the need for a systematic review of past research. The evaluation of the methodology and the results of these studies as well as how to explain the national identity dimensions can be considered as a more effective step in drawing a more comprehensive picture of the studies The purpose of this research is to classify and integrate studies in the national identity of adolescents and youth. In this research, Meta analysis method was used. The statistical population includes all Persian articles in the field of national identity in adolescents and young people. National identity researchers do not have the same understanding of the components of national identity. In fact, there is no agreement between the components of national identity and each researcher considers components from his perspective. Past research has also focused on topics such as the relation of national identity with other variables, factors affecting national identity and the status of national identity in educational texts. In these studies, the status of national identity from the point of view of Islam has not been investigated.