Self-categorization mediates the relationship between prejudiced attitude and well-being among Kurdish and Arabic ethnic groups

Abstract EN

The previous studies highlighted that, the mass migration, might lead to a conflict between displaced people and host community because of the variation of ethnic or social backgrounds.

the current study investigates the role of self-categorization of mediates the well-being and prejudiced attitude.

for this study, two different ethnic groups were selected Arab and Kurdish nationality.

the current investigation is to identify what extent self-categorization ‘overlap of self, in-group, and out-group’ could play important roles in addressing the issue of prejudice attitudes and well-being.

likewise, we aim to expand the work to look at self-categorization to identify the nature of the relations of these variables among Kurdish and Arabic nationalities.

one hundred and seventy two individuals were chosen from both Arabic and Kurdish na-tionalities, aged 18 to 63 (m = 30 years, SD= 8.14).

to measure self-categorization inclusion of other in self (IOS) scale three-item measure each item includes 8 pictures were used and for measuring prejudice the implicit accusation test (IAT) program was used, and to measure psychological well-being (PWB) ryff scale were used that contend 42 items across six dimensions.

the results show that both nationalities recorded significantly low levels of explicit prejudice on the self-report questioner.

however, the participants’ shows greater prejudice scores on the implicit test.

also, our results showed that self-categorization play a significant role of mediating the relations between prejudiced attitude and psychological well-being (PWB).