Document Type : Research Paper
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This article explains the dominant type or collective identity among students. The major question concerns the type of identity (local, national and global) to which students feel belonging, responsibility and loyality, The relation of the students' type of identity to the extent, of their social interactions, reference groups, level of consciousness, self concept etc. are examined. The method used was survey, and the data were collected. using s questionnaire, which had already been checked for reliability and validity. The results show that the local identity is the dominant type of identity, and the global and national types of identities are the second and the third priorities amount the students. It seems that the national identity is challenged by local and global idcntites. This is related to the students' scope of social interactions, reference groups and level of consciousness. The three variables of the scope of relation ships, reference groups and degree of consciousness found lo have signiticaru relation with the students' identity, and had the greatest share in explaining and predictiong variations of the dominant type of identity among the students.
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