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Definitions of T urkish in‐group boundaries: national participation and essentialism as predictors of inter‐group attitudes in T urkey
Author(s) -
Taşdemİr Nagİhan,
ÖnerÖzkan Bengİ
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nations and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1469-8129
pISSN - 1354-5078
DOI - 10.1111/nana.12145
Subject(s) - essentialism , ethnic group , group (periodic table) , social psychology , exploratory research , perception , psychology , sociology , gender studies , anthropology , chemistry , organic chemistry , neuroscience
Abstract The present research investigates how definitions of national in‐group boundaries predict inter‐group attitudes in T urkey. In S tudy 1, we explore definitions of T urkish in‐group boundaries as well as perceptions of the T urkish in‐group's relations with other groups among 64 university students. In S tudy 2, conducted among 324 university students, exploratory factor analyses reveal two dimensions of T urkish in‐group boundaries: national participation (a more civic definition) and national essentialism (a more ethnic definition). They also reveal four dimensions of the relations with others. Regression analyses show that national participation predicts more negative inter‐group attitudes. However, national essentialism is not found to predict the inter‐group attitudes. These results are compared with those of previous studies, mostly conducted in Western countries. The comparison suggests that conclusions about the positive role of C ivic and the negative role of E thnic/ C ultural definitions in intergroup relations may be less general than is previously thought.