Identity, Conflict, and Coexistence: Life Stories of Israeli and Palestinian Adolescents

Autor/in	Hammack, Phillip L.
Titel	Identity, Conflict, and Coexistence: Life Stories of Israeli and Palestinian Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 21 (2006) 4, S.323-369 (47 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558406289745
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Ideology; Conflict; Personal Narratives; Identification; Cultural Context; Global Approach; Cultural Pluralism; History; Interviews; Foreign Countries; Jews; Arabs; Israel; Palestine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ideologie; Konflikt; Erlebniserzählung; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Globales Denken; Kulturpluralismus; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Arab; Araber; Palästina
Abstract	Assuming a cultural psychology approach, this study examines the life stories of 30 Israeli and Palestinian adolescent participants in a coexistence program. Prior to participation, youth identity was characterized by polarization in which an ingroup ideology is internalized with little understanding of the outgroup's ideological perspective. Three identity-related outcomes emerged following participation. Identity transcendence, in which a reduction in salience of ingroup ideology was accompanied by increased recognition of outgroup ideological legitimacy, characterized the most common immediate outcome. Identity accentuation characterized the long-term impact for most youth, whose ideological identifications ultimately conformed to an ingroup identity narrative. Identity conflict occurred among youth who struggled to integrate the experience of coexistence into the life story. Findings suggest (a) the challenges of identity intervention in the context of intractable conflict, and (b) a context-specific theory of identity in which polarized identities contribute to the reproduction and intractability of the conflict across generations. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10