National Integration, Social Exclusion, Social Stigmatization and Social Discrimination in Mizoram: Majority and Minority Group Perspectives

The present study examines Majority and Minority Group differences in national integration, social exclusion, social stigmatisation and social discrimination and the relationship between these variables in a sample of 200 majority and minority adults living in Aizawl, ranging in age from 18 to 34 years. Data was collected through the use of two self-report psychological measures-The Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Questionnaire, Community version (Brondolo et al., 2005) and National Integration Scale (National Statistics Bureau, 2009). Psychometric adequacy and parametric statistic assumptions were checked for the selected population. Pearson correlation and One-Way ANOVA was applied. The result revealed significant minority and majority group differences on dependent variables, and significant relationship between the variables. Implications of the findings for future research are discussed, as well as potential interventions for increasing national integration among adults.