The article presents the results of a theoretical analysis of scientific approaches to research on the features of ethnic identity in domestic and foreign psychology. The analysis of theoretical and empirical studies on the issues under study in domestic developmental psychology and social sciences and humanities has been carried out. Theoretical analysis of research allows us to assert that the formation of a person’s ethnic identity in the age aspect occurs as the knowledge of reality and decision-making regarding the role of ethnicity in one’s life. What is the result of the formation of emotional and evaluative awareness of belonging to an ethnic community.
Key words
• ethnic identity • migration • youth • postsoviet space • intercultural interaction •
Ovsyanik Olga Aleksandrovna
Doctor of Psychology, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Social Psychology, State University of Education, Moscow, Russian Federation
e-mail: ovsianik@mail.ru
Yakimova Elena Mikhailovna
Postgraduate Student, Department of Social Psychology, State University of Education, Moscow, Russian Federation
e-mail: slight2007@gmail.com