Levels Of National Identity Research Articles

Values and national identity of adolescents in China: the chain mediating effect of core self-evaluations and identity motivation

ABSTRACT National identity is at the core of the individual identity system. In the context of globalization, influenced by the intertwining of multiple cultures and values, the alignment of self and national values not only affects Chinese adolescents’ self-concept but also concerns the realization of national identity. To investigate the influencing factors and mechanisms that affect adolescents’ national identity in China, this study measured 1004 adolescents using the National Identity Scale, Schwartz Value Survey, Core Self-Evaluation Scale, and Identity Motivation Scale, and found that (1) adolescents’ overall level of national identity was high; (2) adolescents’ values, core self-evaluation, and identity motivation were positively related to national identity; (3) values significantly and positively predict national identity; and (4) core self-evaluation and identity motivation played a chain mediating role between values and national identity. The study suggests that adolescents’ positive self-evaluation and identity motivation contribute to the enhancement of national identity. The future cultivation of national identity could focus on the development of values, personality, and identity motivation at the adolescent stage.

Factual importance and self-significance of ideals in the cultural identification of European countries

The research relevance is determined by the active growth of cultural exchanges in the context of globalisation, as well as the multifaceted phenomenon of European culture, which is often perceived differently within the continent and beyond. In this regard, scholars and artists are faced with the task of correcting the situation using a variety of methods. The study aims to prove the global role of values in the identification of European society based on the analysis of Ukrainian and international experience. The main research methods were ideographic and nomothetic methods of cultural studies, as well as methods of synthesis, abstraction, and generalisation. The examples of Norway, Finland, San Marino, Greece, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Ukraine, Switzerland, and Slovakia are used to study the promotion of national values with the support of the government to form a national identity. Values are seen as the key to preserving and deepening this identity and developing popular art forms in different geographical and ethnic regions of Europe. A parallel is drawn between economic development and the level of national identity, which leads to the conclusion that there is a directly proportional relationship between the two values. The practical significance of the study is the differentiation of the European cultural space and the study of the consequences of its impact on modern society and socio-political relations, which can be applied in the educational and political spheres, as well as benefit business leaders and employers

Helping After the 2020 Earthquake in Croatia: The Role of Men's and Women's National Identity

The goal of this study was to investigate whether the association between national identity and providing direct aid to individuals impacted by the 2020 earthquake in Croatia differs depending on the gender. A convenience sample of 374 Croatian residents (70.1% women) between 18 and 64 years old completed a cross-sectional survey on-line. Participants, using valid questionaires, self-reported their level of national identity and how much direct assistance they provided to people in earthquake-affected areas. The study employed a linear regression model to test the moderating effect of gender on the relationship between national identity and direct aid provision. The results showed that the interaction between national identity and gender significantly affected helping: higher levels of national identity predicted greater helping among men but not women. This suggests that men were more motivated than women to provide aid after the earthquake due to their sense of national identity and affiliation with the nation. These findings have significant implications for disaster relief efforts, as different motivations may be at play when providing aid during crises. Relief organizations can tailor their efforts to meet the needs and motivations of different groups, resulting in more effective relief efforts

National identity and multilingualism: a survey of Chinese Mongolian university students

ABSTRACT In the field of multilingualism, limited research has explored the link between language proficiency and national identity, although the key role of language in the national identity (NI) formation has been acknowledged in other fields (e.g. sociology) over the past five decades. Aiming to narrow this gap, the present study examined Chinese Mongolian students’ NI and the influence from multilingualism (operationalised as self-rated proficiency in respectively Putonghua and English, their L2 and L3) and other sociobiographical variables (e.g. gender). NI was measured with a questionnaire item designed to gauge this construct that has been used in the latest waves of the Chinese Social Survey (CSS), a longitudinal nation-wide survey in China. The participants (N = 586) achieved a mean score of 4.26 (out of five) with the bootstrapped 95% confidence interval [4.20–4.32], indicating a high level of NI. Regression analyses showed that the two measures of multilingualism, attitudes respectively toward Putonghua, English, and trilingualism, and other sociobiographical variables influenced NI to different degrees. Calls for more comprehensive data concerning NI in multilingualism research and for more robust statistics (e.g. fuller use of effect size) were made. Policy implications vis-à-vis cultivating multilingualism among ethnic minorities were also discussed.

СОЦІАЛЬНО-ЕКОНОМІЧНІ ТА ІНФОРМАЦІЙНО-КОМУНІКАЦІЙНІ АСПЕКТИ ВОЄННОГО ПРОТИСТОЯННЯ АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНУ І ВІРМЕНІЇ У «ДРУГІЙ КАРАБАСЬКІЙ ВІЙНІ

Досліджено особливості інформаційного протистояння між Азербайджаном та Вірменією у ході «другої карабаської війни», визначено взаємозв`язок між соціально-економічним потенціалом країн і можливостями застосування інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій як стратегічного ресурсу кожної зі сторін воєнного конфлікту. Для порівняння також використано дані про Україну, Білорусь та РФ як країн регіону Східної Європи, що перебувають в аналогічному стані воєнно-політичної і соціально-економічної нестабільності.

ІНТЕГРАЦІЯ ПАН'ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКИХ ТЕАТРАЛЬНИХ ТРАДИЦІЙ ЕПОХИ БАРОКО В ІСТОРИЧНУ ДРАМУ КОРИФЕЇВ

The article represents the study of the peculiarities of the integration of PanEuropean theatrical traditions of the Baroque epoch into the historical drama by Ukrainian coryphees. Particular attention is paid to the study of the specifics of the creation of baroque drama of the XVIII century and its influence on the formation of the dramatic tradition of the Coryphées. The main European tendencies represented in historical baroque dramas are singled out. It is proved, that succession is manifested primarily at the level of national identity. The historical dramas of F. Prokopovych “Volodymyr”, the anonymous author “God’s Grace” and M. Starytsky “Bogdan Khmelnytsky”, I. Karpenko-Kary “Sava Chaly” in the comparative aspect are analyzed. Common and different features in the interpretive models of the central images of statesmen are clarified. Actually, F. Prokopovich has developed his own theory of drama with a division into five acts. It was found out, that such a structure is also characteristic of the works of I. Karpenko-Kary “Sava Chaly” and M. Starytsky “Bogdan Khmelnytsky”, which testifies to the preservation of the baroque dramatic tradition. At the same time, the Coryphées have significantly deepened the compositional structure of the drama, adding new elements. The works of the anonymous author “God’s Grace” and M. Starytsky “Bogdan Khmelnytsky” have the genre of historical drama, the central image of hetman B. Khmelnytsky. However, in the historical drama of M. Starytsky “Bohdan Khmelnytsky” the interpretative model of the image of the statesman is significantly expanded, in particular, the psychological aspect of the figure of the hetman is deepened. At the same time, the idea of messianism, especially the interpretation of the National Liberation War as the highest level of self-sacrifice, is common in the interpretation of the image of B. Khmelnytsky by the anonymous author and M. Starytsky. Pan-European traditions of Ukrainian baroque drama of the XVIII century has become one of the sources for the formation of the original professional Theater of luminaries, in particular historical dramas.

CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE PROBLEM OF NATIONAL IDENTITY AWARENESS

Awareness of national identity is a complex, multifaceted spiritual state in the minds and beliefs of people, which impacts on all phenomena of social development. The level of national identity is an important factor for further development of the countries that have recently gained their independence. The essence of national identity phenomenon, its role in the existence of the nation, defining its status as sovereign entity, the role of the state factor in the system of national identity are analyzed via socio-philosophical analysis in the article. KEY WORDS: ethnos, national values, Koran, national heritage, “title” nation, tolerance, political stability.

The post-Brexit donor: segmenting the UK charitable marketplace using political attitudes and national identity

Prior attempts to segment charitable donors have utilized a range of demographic, psychographic and behavioral factors. However, such work has not factored in an individual’s level of national identity or their attitudes to political issues, which appear especially relevant given the current United Kingdom (UK) political and social landscape. The current study segments charitable donors in the post-Brexit marketplace, with emphasis on charities that serve local, national and international beneficiaries. A survey methodology based was employed on a broadly representative sample of 1004 respondents. A k-means cluster analysis led to the identification of six distinct donor segments based upon their national identity, political attitudes and charitable giving preferences, with post-hoc analysis of both the cluster variables and donor demographics providing further cluster definition. Whilst some segments demonstrate clear preferences for domestic charities and nationalistic tendencies (Anti-EU Nationalists), others have more internationalist worldviews and heightened support of international charities (Educated Liberals). The findings underline the influential role that an individual’s political attitudes (particularly their views on Brexit and overseas development aid) and national identity have on their charitable giving, and therefore offers new insights to fundraisers seeking to target donors efficiently.

Национально-территориальное размежевание в Средней Азии в 1924 г.: причины и влияние на этнополитические процессы в регионе

Национальная политика большевиков в 1920-е гг. отличалась высокой степенью конъюнктурности, подчинения ее принципов задачам строительства советской власти. В условиях Гражданской войны и борьбы за власть создание национальных территорий в форме советских автономных республик и районов в составе РСФСР, наряду с поддержкой национальных языков, политических элит и культуры, рассматривалось руководством РКП(б) как действенный политический механизм решения задач укрепления советской власти в национальных районах. Однако провозглашение Туркестанской АССР в мае 1918 г. не привело к нейтрализации национального вопроса в регионе, на что рассчитывали большевики. Политические мотивы укрепления советской власти в Средней Азии в совокупности с низким уровнем национального самосознания и политической активности коренного населения позволили Москве провести новый этап национального размежевания. Национально-территориальное размежевание в Средней Азии в 1924 г. — пример перекодирования процесса национального самоопределения и последующего оформления национального самосознания с тюркского национального проекта, воспринимавшегося как угроза советской власти, на существующие в регионе иные уровни национальной идентичности.

АКТУАЛІЗАЦІЯ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ ІДЕНТИЧНОСТІ В УМОВАХ КАРНАВАЛІЗАЦІЇ МІСЬКОГО ЖИТТЯ


 
 
 The main attention in this article is focused on the definition of the characteristic features of the processes of carnivalization of urban space in the conditions of modern Ukrainian society. The changes that occur in the space of everyday life against the background of General trends in social life – globalization, virtualization, changes in the specifics of communications, the spread of emotional capitalism. The main functional imperatives of carnival as a form of collective action are fixed. It is determined that in the conditions of carnivalization of urban life there is an actualization of national identity against the background of a number of events of socio-political, economic, national and cultural life of Ukrainian society. The data of sociological studies that record the growth of patriotism, civic responsibility and the level of national identity in recent years. Invited to pay attention to the instruments of incorporation of the symbols of the national community in the process of the ritual of the festive action.
 
 

Study on the Spillover Effects of Overseas Brand Crises

Innocent domestic brands are always infected by some overseas brand crises. In this article, we examined the factors that can inhibit the spillover effects of overseas brand crises. The results revealed that high level of mental construal and national identity can help domestic brands defend the negative spillover effects of overseas brand crises. For consumers with low level of national identity, they evaluate domestic brands more favorably when they are at the high level of construal than assigned at the low level of construal.

Migrant Consumers’ Attitudes towards Homeland Products

This work investigates the determinant factors of migrant consumers’ willingness to buy products originate from their home country. The unit of analysis in this study was Malaysian migrants in the UK and the analysis was based on 330 usable data gathered through an online survey. The results indicate that the migrants’ willingness to buy their homeland products was significantly and positively influenced by the migrants’ levels of national identity. This finding suggests that the stronger the migrant consumers’ association to their origin identity, the higher their willingness to purchase homeland products. The study provides a support that the migrant consumers’ positive attitudes towards homeland products were not determined by the migrants’ degree of ethnocentrism. The present study has implications for consumer behavior and marketing in multicultural societies.

다문화가족 청소년의 국민정체성에 관한 연구 -Heater의 이론을 적용하여-

Abstract This study conducted a survey 212 adolescents in multi-cultural family to measure the level of their discrimination experience and acculturation stress by comparing with social integration analysis frame of D. Heater and examined how it affects them to national identity. Followings are the main results of this study. First, after measuring the discrimination experience level of those surveyed, their average was a bit higher than the normal level, showing 2.63(SD=.72), and their acculturation stress was 2.48(SD=.65) which is average. Second, their level of national identity showed 2.16(SD=.57), which was lower than the normal level, and there was statistically a meaningful difference between the groups depending on their academic level, parents' marital status, mother’s Korean ability. Third, the factors that affected in national identity were in the order of their discrimination experience(β=-.305), parents' marital status(β=.286), acculturation stress(β=-.225), academic level(β=.186), mother’s Korean ability(β=.173). Based on these results, several ways are suggested to improve national identity of adolescents in multi-cultural family

Racism, identity and psychological well-being: a longitudinal perspective on politically embattled relations

The relation between racism, identity and well-being has stimulated political debate as well as psychological analysis. Research is reported that explores the relation among young people of white (n=97) and minority (n=174) ethnicity. On first assessment, minority ethnic participants reported: (1) more frequent experiences of racism and discrimination than white participants; and (2) higher levels of ethnic identity and equivalent levels of national identity. Three years later, depressive symptomatology was highest among minority ethnic participants, and (for this group only) positively associated with racism and discrimination reported at first assessment, and negatively associated with national identity.

Interactive nationhood: the relation between Croatian and Yugoslav national identity in the interwar period

Croatian and Yugoslav national identity have been closely connected throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century. This article questions the assumption that Croatian national identification inherently opposed the Yugoslav nationalising efforts of the interwar Yugoslav state by means of a study of commemorative activities. In the commemoration of the millennial anniversary of the Croatian Kingdom in 1925, the Yugoslav level of national identity was activated as a complement to Croatian national identity. During the 1930s, commemorations of Matija Gubec and the Illyrian movement conveyed a mutually exclusive relation between Croatian and Yugoslav national identity. I argue that the dismissal of grassroots Croatian historical commemorations that were indifferent but not averse to Yugoslav nationhood in the integral Yugoslav policy of the authoritarian state during the 1930s curtailed the potential of these commemorations as vehicles for Yugoslav national identification and complicated the concurrence of Croatian and Yugoslav nationhood.

How much heterogeneity can the welfare state endure? The influence of heterogeneity on attitudes to the welfare state

AbstractCultural and economic heterogeneity is often seen as a major threat to modern welfare states. This article contributes to the discussion of how much heterogeneity the welfare state can endure by theoretically and empirically focusing on the relationship between different levels of national identity and the support for welfare state policies. We analyse the effect of different types of national identity on attitudes towards taxation and redistribution. We show that it is the subjective aspect of national identity, or social cohesion, that in fact matters for predicting attitudes to the welfare state. In comparison, more objective measures of heterogeneity like the inequality of income distribution, language fractionalisation or the percentage of foreign‐born individuals do not have any effect on attitudes to the welfare state.

Национальная идентичность в повести «Родинка» Лу Андреас-Саломе

Based on the material of the story «Birthmark» (1923) by Lou AndreasSalome, a prominent German author of Russian descent, the paper considers differentiating attributes and levels of national identity. The paper draws on the contemporary researchers’ theoretical works on national identity.

Protecting the Nation: Nationalist rhetoric on asylum seekers and the Tampa

AbstractThis paper analyses texts from the Australian print media that invoke nationalist discourse in the so‐called ‘Tampa crisis’ of 2001, which involved the boarding by Australian military troops of a civilian Norwegian shipping vessel (the Tampa) that had rescued a group of asylum seekers. In particular, we are interested in how military action was justified in public discourse against a group of civilians through the use of arguments relying in some form or another on the notion of nationhood and national identity. We employ a critical discursive methodology to investigate how some of these descriptions worked to legitimate the Australian government's role in these events and demonstrate some of the mechanisms by which discourses of nation can operate in the marginalization of asylum seekers. We conclude that presenting issues relating to asylum seekers and the Tampa at a level of national identity was critical in justifying the Australian government's stance and actions. We also raise some concerns about the consequences that may follow from the Australian government's actions and reliance on nationalist rhetoric. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

A nation challenged: The impact of foreign threat on America's tolerance for diversity.

Three experiments investigated how perceived foreign threats to the United States can influence Americans' endorsement of assimilation and multiculturalism as models for foreign and domestic intergroup relations. The initial study, conducted during the 6-month anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (9/11), discovered that a diverse group of Americans preferred assimilation as a foreign policy and multiculturalism as a domestic policy. After reading that foreigners were supporting the dominant global status of the United States, however, Americans in Experiment 2 no longer expressed this preference for assimilation as a model for foreign intergroup relations. Experiment 3 discovered that Americans primed with 9/11 (i.e., a foreign threat) revealed higher levels of national identity than did those primed with the Columbine massacre (i.e., a domestic threat); moreover, level of national identity predicted support for multiculturalism as a domestic policy and assimilation as a foreign policy.

Adolescents’ Identification with the National Group

Adolescents' identification with the national and ethnic categories was investigated within the multiethnic context of Mauritius. A sample of 202 subjects (107 girls, 95 boys) in age group of 12-16 years answered the self-report questionnaire. The study aimed to (a) assess the nature of national identity along cognitive, affective and evaluative lines, (b) investigate whether there were links between national and ethnic identities, and (c) explore ethnic, sex and age differences in national identity. Results revealed only sex differences on the dimensions of national identity, with boys reporting higher levels of national identity than girls. There was a significant positive correlation between identification with the national category and identification with the ethnic category. The results were discussed in terms of nested identities, the peculiarities of the social context, and social representations theory.