The research methodology of interethnic relations on the interpersonal level

Abstract

The article is devoted to the concept of modern methods of researching interpersonal communication on the formation and development of inter-ethnic communication, their application in practice of the study of inter-ethnic relations. According to the article the object of the study of foreign and domestic scientists is interpersonal communication between representatives of different ethnic groups. It is considered that modern society needs additional social psychological research to study the factors of interpersonal communication formation, i.e. unexplored issues in this field of psychology, leaving tremendous opportunities for scientists searching creative discovery. In the article it is considered the perspective and the actual directions of the study of interpersonal communication between representatives of different ethnic groups. The author notes that the forming of ethnic attraction reflects the psychological aspects of interpersonal communication associated with different types of social relations in society. Much attention is given to characteristic discontinuity between the theoretical description of methods of interpersonal communication and their practical solutions applied in the study of ethnic relations as a field of scientific knowledge. It is established by the author that inter-ethnic communication in modern society has potentially dangerous elements of relationships between different ethnic minorities. It is concluded that there is a need of development of the system of early prediction of conflicts situations and the model of emergence and spread of ethnic conflicts. This system will effectively prevent the crisis states of interethnic relations with dangerous consequences.

Keywords

• interethnic relationships
• interpersonal communication
• interethnic tension
• ethnicity.