National Attachment and Patriotism in a European Nation: A British Study

Abstract

This study explores identification with one's national group using two distinct but interrelated concepts: identity content and relational orientation. Theoretical distinctions were drawn between two forms of identity content: traditional-cultural and civic, and between two forms of relational orientation: blind and constructive. The multidimensionality of both identity content and relational orientation and the relationships amongst these components were examined in a British sample: positive relationships were hypothesized between blind orientation and traditional-cultural content and between constructive orientation and civic content. Principal components analyses confirmed the hypothesized factor structures, and the resulting scales were highly reliable. Relationships amongst the resulting factors were explored using regression analyses. The overall results indicate support for the orthogonality of both the two orientation dimensions and the two content dimensions. Moreover, the hypothesized relationships between forms of orientation and content were largely supported. In conclusion, this study highlights the importance of looking at the relationship between identity content and relational orientation. The implications of these observations for theory and research are discussed with reference to using categories to "group" participants in research, citizenship education, and more general attitudes towards social change.

Bir Vatandaşlık Değeri Olarak Yurtseverlik: Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretmen Adaylarının Algısı

“…Ayrıca, yapıcı yurtseverler kör yurtseverlerden daha çok siyasal ilgi ve katılım gösterirken (Huddy & Khatib, 2007;Richey, 2011) aynı zamanda siyasal etkililik ve siyasal bilgilenme ile daha yakından ilgilidir (Schatz vd., 1999). Yapıcı yurtseverler kör yurtseverlerden sosyal değişime daha çok açıkken kör yurtseverler geleneksel kültüre daha bağlıdırlar (Rothì, Lyons & Chryssochoou, 2005). Günümüzde vatandaşların sahip olması gereken bilgi, yeterlik ve tutumların demokrasinin sürdürülebilmesi için önemli olduğu düşünüldüğünde, yapıcı yurtseverlik tutumunun demokratik ilke ve ideallerle daha çok örtüştüğü görülmektedir.…”

Accepting immigrants as fellow citizens: citizenship representations in relation to migration policy preferences

“…Finally, people's ideas about citizenship are subjective, so they may entertain a variety of approaches to citizenship. Hence, the official citizenship criteria applied at the state level are not necessarily the same as those applied by members of the general population at the individual level (Rothì, Lyons, and Chryssochoou 2005).…”

Exploring Attachment to the “Homeland” and Its Association with Heritage Culture Identification

“…National attachment has also been investigated in terms of a symbolic affective attachment to the nation and its symbols and values [43], [44], implying that a degree of emotional significance is imparted to the bond that individuals form with their nation of origin. Nation imagery, such as that of the Vatan as a dying mother that has been failed by her children [41], and the symbolic fatherland which ethnically Hungarian groups, separated following the 1920 Treaty of Trianon from Hungary, construct [45], is created to elicit emotion [1].…”