Strong cultural identity combined with openness to other sources of belonging

This indicator relates to the strength of cultural identity. It includes:

• a sense of pride in one’s own culture
• openness and respect for other cultures, religions, and ethnic or social backgrounds.

Outcomes

This indicator supports the outcome of Resilience.

Ways to measure

Ways to measure this indicator include:

• Multi-group Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM)
• Adapted Religiosity Scale
• BRAVE-14 Standardised Measure for Youth Resilience to Violent Extremism

See the Countering Violent Extremism Evaluation Indicator Document [Pages 10-29] for practical suggestions on ways to measure, such as:

• survey instruments
• example questions
• using administrative data. 

Evaluations that use this indicator

• Evaluation of the COMPACT Program, Wise, P., Roberts S. Formosa, J. and Chan, A., Urbis, 2018