Ethnic discrimination and psychological distress among adolescents an intra group phenomenon

Pages: 395-397
Anjali Sharma (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)

Prejudice is the negative attitude that people hold towards each other on the basis of membership that stimulate different type of negative behaviors reflected in minor to major acts of discrimination. The premise of discrimination is dependent upon prejudice that leads not only negative relationship between groups or sometimes within groups but also facilitates distress among members of different caste or groups within society. The present study is an endeavor in itself to bring out this notion of discrimination and psychological distress on ground level and provide some specific notion regarding the outcome of having negative or extreme attitude towards each other.