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

0476450 - PSÚ 2018 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Dimitrova, R. - Musso, P. - Naude, L. - Zahaj, S. - Poláčková Šolcová, Iva - Stefenel, D. - Uka, F. - Jordanov, V. - Jordanov, E. - Tavel, P.
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.
Journal of Psychology in Africa. Roč. 27, č. 2 (2017), s. 150-158. ISSN 1433-0237. E-ISSN 1815-5626
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) StrategieAV21/14
Program: StrategieAV
Institutional support: RVO:68081740
Keywords : national identity * collective identity * adolescents * well-being
OECD category: Cognitive sciences
Impact factor: 0.491, year: 2017

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 characterized 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 analyzed 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-categorization, evaluation, importance, attachment, and behavioural involvement). Importantly, the findings provided evidence to suggest that higher levels of national collective identity are associated with increased levels of life satisfaction.
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