Civil identity refers to an individual's ethnicity, political party membership, race, color, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, and marital status. It is a term used in social psychology to describe a collective of features that make up one's present identity. A person's civil identity is shaped by biological, psychological, social, and cultural factors as illustrated in the biopsychosocial-cultural model. One's civil identity can be influenced by their sex, disability, color, race, religion, and other personal characteristics based on this model.

1. ““Civil Identity”Civil Identity”
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2. “Civil Identity”
* ‘Civil identity’ is a Social Psychology term
-describing a collective of features concerning
an individual’s present ethnicity, political party
membership, race and color, religious
membership, disability/handicap, age group/
generation, (proper) sexual orientation and
marital status.2
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3. Biopsychosocio-Cultural ModelBiopsychosocio-Cultural Model
Biologic
“Civil Identity”
Psychologic Social Culture
Sex
Disability
Color
Race
Disability Religion Ethnicity
Belief/CreedSex
Race
Color FOOTNOTEFOOTNOTE:: To a lesser or greater degree of mental
disability always coexists with any physical disability and so
it is therefore that with a mental disability, a physical
disability or a biochemical imbalance is coexistent-
affecting/or effecting an individual’s ‘civil identity.’
Social
Religion
Martial Status
+sexual pleasure preferences
PoliticalParty
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4. “Civil Identity’ & the
Biopsychosocio-Cultural ModelBiopsychosocio-Cultural Model
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