Ethnic identity as an ethnic identity aggregate value orientations

In the article the scientific interest in identifying cross-cultural and cross-national differences in the priorities of values of people of similar social groups should apply to the analysis of the concept of ethnic identity, is an ethnic-filled values of personality. One of the components that make up the internal structure of the individual, is its ethnic identity, which is understood by us as people's awareness of their membership in a particular social and ethnic group, reflecting on the situation of the nation in the system of social relations, understanding of national interests. Ethnic identity has its own psychological structure, its structure. A key indicator of ethnic identity - the language of the ethnic group, which is a bearer of a wide range of characters unity of members of this ethnic group, the similarities between himself and unlike other means of awakening of ethnic identity, assimilation of ethnic history, cultural values, the deciding factor of ethnic identity. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.