民族认同在民族间态度中的积极作用

社会认同理论提出后，民族认同与民族间态度的关系受到社会心理学家的关注。社会认同理论认为群体认同是群体间态度的基础，过分的民族认同容易产生消极的民族间态度。而发展取向研究认为民族认同与积极的民族间态度的具有正向关系，研究者通过一系列的研究发现，发展成熟的民族认同与积极的民族间态度具有正相关的关系。

The Positive Role of Ethnic Identity in Intergroup Attitude

As the development of social identity theory, social psychologists have focused on the relationship between ethnic identity and inter-group attitude. Social identity theory suggested that group identity was the basis of inter-group attitudes, ethnic identity was too strong to lead to negative intergroup attitudes. A developmental perspective offered a model of positive role of Ethnic identity on intergroup attitudes. The recent studies have provided evidence that a well-developed ethnic identity is associated with positive intergroup attitudes.