TY - JOUR
T1 - National glorification and attachment differentially predict support for intergroup conflict resolution
T2 - Scrutinizing cross-country generalizability
AU - Li, Mengyao
AU - Watkins, Hanne M.
AU - Hirschberger, Gilad
AU - Kretchner, Mabelle
AU - Leidner, Bernhard
AU - Baumert, Anna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. European Journal of Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Research on national identity distinguishes between national glorification and attachment. We tested whether glorification and attachment differentially predicted support for military and diplomatic conflict resolution strategies (CRS) in response to international conflicts. Using data collected in seven countries (Australia, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Israel, China; total N = 1784), we investigated whether glorification and attachment can be equivalently measured (using tests of measurement invariance) and whether their relationships with CRS were generalizable across countries. The results revealed metric, but not scalar, measurement invariance of the two-factor structure of national identification across six countries, excluding China. Among these six countries, glorification predicted more support for military CRS, whereas attachment predicted more support for diplomatic CRS. Our study is novel in scrutinizing the cross-cultural generalizability of the bi-dimensional model of national identification. Implications for studying national identification and intergroup conflict cross-culturally are discussed.
AB - Research on national identity distinguishes between national glorification and attachment. We tested whether glorification and attachment differentially predicted support for military and diplomatic conflict resolution strategies (CRS) in response to international conflicts. Using data collected in seven countries (Australia, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Israel, China; total N = 1784), we investigated whether glorification and attachment can be equivalently measured (using tests of measurement invariance) and whether their relationships with CRS were generalizable across countries. The results revealed metric, but not scalar, measurement invariance of the two-factor structure of national identification across six countries, excluding China. Among these six countries, glorification predicted more support for military CRS, whereas attachment predicted more support for diplomatic CRS. Our study is novel in scrutinizing the cross-cultural generalizability of the bi-dimensional model of national identification. Implications for studying national identification and intergroup conflict cross-culturally are discussed.
KW - conflict resolution
KW - culture
KW - intergroup conflict
KW - measurement invariance
KW - national identification
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U2 - 10.1002/ejsp.2881
DO - 10.1002/ejsp.2881
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AN - SCOPUS:85141374768
SN - 0046-2772
VL - 53
SP - 29
EP - 42
JO - European Journal of Social Psychology
JF - European Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 1
ER -