COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FORMATION OF ETHNIC IDENTITY TYPES OF ADOLESCENTS FROM DIFFERENT CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study of the types of ethnic identity in adolescents from different cultural environments. The differences in the formation of the types of ethnic identity of adolescents, determined by different living environment are described. Besides, the dominant types of ethnic identity are identified. Empirical study of ethnic identity types held in Moscow city school (Russia) and in secondary school of Ismayill (Azerbaijan). The result of the empirical study revealed the existing significant differences in the formation of ethnic identity types of adolescents from different cultural environments. Based on the results of the empirical study of the formation of ethnic identity types of adolescents from different cultural environments, the authors came to the following conclusions: the dominance of positive ethnic identity among adolescents is the result of living in an ethnically diverse environment; in an ethnically monotonous environment adolescents are simultaneously dominated by several types of ethnic identities; interethnic conflicts contribute to the formation of ethno-egoism, ethno-fanaticism and ethnocentrism in adolescents.