Original scientific paper
National and European Identity and Attitudes Toward the European Integrations in Zagreb and Novi Sad
Željka Kamenov
Margareta Jelić
Aleksandra Huić
Mirjana Franceško
Vladimir Mihić
Abstract
The aim of this study was to find out if national and
European identity exist simultaneously, or are they mutually
exclusive. Citizens from two European countries, not yet
members of the European Union, Croatia and Serbia and
Montenegro, participated in this study. Participants from
Zagreb and Novi Sad, 400 from each town, were selected
according to their gender, age and educational level. The
questionnaire consisted of various measures of the same
psychological constructs: Cinnirella's European Identity Scale
and National Identity Scale (1997), NAIT (^orkalo and
Kamenov, 1998) and STEIN (France{ko et al., 2002). Results
suggest an orthogonal relation between national and
European identity when measured with Cinnirella's scales
and a moderate negative correlation when measured with
NAIT and STEIN scales. The latter result confirms our
hypothesis that European identity and attitude toward
European integrations are not the same construct. Results on
extracted dimensions of the STEIN scale and their
correlations with other applied instruments were examined.
Participants from both countries express a higher level of
national than European identity, which was expected because
national identity salience is one of the well-documented
consequences in the aftermath of war.
Keywords
national identity; European identity; European integrations; Croatia; Serbia
Hrčak ID:
10885
URI
Publication date:
31.10.2006.
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