This research article used a controversial in‐progress conflict case story, namely the Citizenship Amendment Act in India, to illustrate the benefit of using a combined socioecological framework and integrative identity negotiation theory in explaining intergroup conflict complexity. The essay is structured in four sections. First, we present a highly controversial conflict case story of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that was recently passed in India. The real‐life case story is embedded in the nexus of multifaceted identity conflict and multileveled socioecological interpretations. Second, we introduce the socioecological (SE) framework and its essential principles and illustrative examples of the various levels of analysis. Third, we review selective assumptions of the integrative identity negotiation theory (IINT) and, together with the SE framework, analyze the CAA India case story with explanatory depth and multilevel insights. Fourth, we conclude with a summary and seven strategy recommendations that can be applied to managing polarized intergroup conflict complexity constructively.

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理解群体间冲突的复杂性：社会生态学框架和整合身份协商理论的应用

这篇研究文章使用了一个有争议的正在进行中的冲突案例，即印度的《公民身份修正法》，以说明在解释群体间冲突复杂性时使用社会生态学框架和整体身份协商理论相结合的好处。本文分为四个部分。首先，我们介绍了最近在印度通过的《公民权修正法》（CAA）引起争议的冲突案例。现实生活中的案例故事植根于多方面的身份冲突和多层次的社会生态学解释之间。其次，我们介绍了社会生态学（SE）框架及其基本原理和各种分析级别的示例。第三，我们回顾了整合身份协商理论（IINT）的选择性假设，并且 结合SE框架，以解释性的深度和多层次的见解来分析CAA India的案例。第四，我们以总结和七个战略建议作为结束，这些建议可用于建设性地管理两极分化的群体间冲突复杂性。