title: When dual identity becomes a liability: identity and political radicalism among migrants.
abstract: This article examines the role of dual identity in political radicalism among migrants. Dual identity is defined as identification with both one's ethnocultural minority in-group and one's society of residence. We employed a longitudinal research design using members of the two largest migrant groups in Germany (Turkish migrants and Russian migrants) as participants. We reasoned that when dual identity is burdened with incompatibility between component identifications, it may foster controversial or even destructive forms of political mobilization, such as radicalism. Multiple regression analysis controlling for other influences confirmed the hypothesized moderated relationship between dual identification and sympathy for radical action. When accompanied by high, as opposed to low, perceived identity incompatibility, dual identification predicted increases in sympathy for radical action among both Turkish migrants and Russian migrants. The implications for public life in ethnically and culturally heterogeneous societies are discussed.
authors: Institute of Psychology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany. simon@psychologie.uni-kiel.de
authors: Bernd
authors: B
authors: Simon
authors: Frank
authors: F
authors: Reichert
authors: Olga
authors: O
authors: Grabow
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011057:Politics; D012426:Russia / Q000208:ethnology; D012933:Social Identification; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult