Social Identity Theory.

Research Trends and Issues in the Study of Identity of Multi-ethnic Persons Ayumi TABA and Jiro TAKAI In this article, concepts of identity are considered and surveyed researches of ego identity and group identity in social identity theory, self-categorization theory. It indicates ethnic identity is related to selfconcept, well-being, academic achievement, mental health, and so on. Furthermore, identity management theory reveals that crosscultural communication occurs depending on management of cultural identity as group identity and relational identity as personal identity. However, there are issues in the theory that it does not refer to the majority and minority groups which have different aspects of ethnic identity and how multiethnic people distinguish in-group and out-group and manage identity. It needs investigating development of identity of multiethnic people toward multiculturalism.

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