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National collective identity in transitional societies: Salience and relations to life satisfaction for youth in South Africa, Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Kosovo and Romania
Radosveta DimitrovaPasquale MussoPeter TavelIva Poláčková ŠOlcováEvgeni JordanovLuzelle NaudéVenzislav JordanovDelia StefenelFitim UkaSkerdi Zahajsubject
CzechSalience (language)05 social sciencesLife satisfaction050109 social psychologyConfirmatory factor analysislanguage.human_languageEastern europeanCollective identityWell-beingNational identitylanguage0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesPsychologySocial psychologyGeneral Psychology050104 developmental & child psychologydescription
In this study we investigated the salience of the construct of national collective identity and its associations with life satisfaction among adolescents living in transitional societies characterised by relevant change in the last decades. Participants were 1 066 adolescents (M = 15.35 years, SD = 1.35) from South Africa (n = 186) and five Central Eastern European countries, including Albania (n = 209), Bulgaria (n = 146), Czech Republic (n = 306), Kosovo (n = 116), and Romania (n = 103). They completed a questionnaire including national identity and life satisfaction scales. Data were analysed using confirmatory factor analysis and multi-group structural equation modeling. Results showed that national identity of adolescents in transitional societies is multidimensional and pertains to different salient dimensions (i.e., self-categorisation, evaluation, importance, attachment, and behavioural involvement). Importantly, the findings provided evidence to suggest that higher levels of national collective i...
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-21 |