Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.46672/zsl.8.9.1
Influence of identity on attitude formation in displaced persons from Ukraine
Matija Carević
orcid.org/0009-0009-8182-8216
; Libertas International University, Zagreb, Croatia
Jadranka Polović
; Libertas International University, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The article discusses the broader picture of polarization in Ukrainian society and the role
of regional identity in shaping the views of displaced persons from Ukraine in the Republic
of Croatia regarding pro-Russian and pro-Western narrative lines. In particular, the
war in Ukraine accelerated the rearticulation of the Ukrainian national identity, which
gained momentum at the beginning of the century due to deteriorating relations between
the West and Russia. In the study, descriptive statistical methods were employed, while the
Mann-Whitney U test was used in hypothesis testing. A statistical analysis of the survey
results conducted among displaced individuals from Ukraine in the Republic of Croatia
revealed differences in the attitudes of respondents from the eastern and western parts of
Ukraine, but also a generally greater alignment with pro-Western narrative lines.
Keywords
identity rearticulation; narrative lines; identity polarization; Russia; Ukraine; West
Hrčak ID:
312471
URI
Publication date:
28.12.2023.
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