Author:
O. A. Kornilova,
Doctor of Psychology, Professor of the
Department of Pedagogical and Applied Psychology
Samara branch State Autonomous Educational Institution
of Higher Education of Moscow “Moscow City University”,
76 Stara Zagora st., Samara, 443081, Russian Federation
SPIN-код: 2216-9182, ID: 351448
е-mail: oa.kornilova30@yandex.ru
A. P. Artyukov
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the
Department of History, International Law and Foreign Regional Studies
Samara branch State Autonomous Educational Institution
of Higher Education of Moscow “Moscow City University”,
76 Stara Zagora st., Samara, 443081, Russian Federation
SPIN-код: 2231-2190, ID: 848978
е-mail: artiukov@yandex.ru
E. A. Vasilevskaya
Candidate of Psychology, Associate Professor
of the Department of Pedagogy
Samara branch State Autonomous Educational Institution
of Higher Education of Moscow “Moscow City University”,
76 Stara Zagora st., Samara, 443081, Russian Federation
SPIN-код: 6415-1140, ID: 855544
е-mail: vasilevskayae@yandex.ru
Abstract:
Introduction. The article is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of ethnic identity, representing the field of scientific interests of a number of humanities, revealed in the works of Russian and foreign sci-entists. This scientific article makes it possible to: identify and reveal scientific trends in studying the prob-lem of ethnic identity as “a form of social identity embodied in the cultural tradition and focused on the her-itage of the past in comparison with other forms, in turn, oriented towards the present or the future”; define approaches to the identity of the concepts of ethnic identity and ethnic self-consciousness; characterize the variability and diversity of the psychological links of ethnic identity – age, gender, confessional, ecological, civil, professional, ethnic; expand the components of ethnic identity; identify options for the development of ethnic identification and the mechanisms of its development.
Methodology. The authors use a retrospective analysis of scientific literature as a method of review. The work is based on general scientific research methods and principles of psychological science: objectivi-ty, reliability, critical approach to sources, analysis and synthesis of scientific literature.
Conclusions. It is concluded that ethnic identity is a major component of the structure of self-consciousness, being the most important product and process of understanding ethnicity. Ethnic identity is a dynamic entity, the formation of which is influenced by the social context. Internal factors of ethnic identity are characterized by awareness and the presence of a reflexive level of self-consciousness.
The theoretical results, as well as the conclusions of this study based on them, can be used to further study the phenomenon of “ethnic identity”; to become the basis of interdisciplinary research.
The study reveals a number of problems, the solution of which should be continued. In particular, it is the need for further research: the development and testing of the author’s methodology for studying the characteristics and patterns of the ethnic identity of the person; the gradual expansion of the implementation base of research results and their longitudinal verification, which aims to elaborate and specify a model for the development of a person’s ethnic self-identity, to develop research methods for the transformation of ethnic self-consciousness.
Keywords:
Self-consciousness, identity, ethnic worldview, personality
