Collective psychological ownership and reconciliation in territorial conflicts
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Storz, Nora
Martinovic, Borja
Verkuyten, Maykel
Žeželj, Iris
Psaltis, Charis
Roccas, Sonia
Abstract / Description
Collective psychological ownership refers to people’s perception that an object, place, or idea belongs to their own group. We considered this concept in the context of territorial conflicts and proposed that (1) collective psychological ownership is distinct from place attachment, (2) higher ingroup identifiers are more likely to claim collective ownership and feel attached to the territory, yet (3) only ownership claims are related to lower support for reconciliation. These hypotheses were tested in two studies using structural equation modelling. Study 1 addressed the Kosovo conflict, based on Serbian participants living in Serbia (N = 264). We found that collective psychological ownership and place attachment were distinct. Moreover, higher Serbian identifiers had a stronger sense of collective ownership of Kosovo and were more attached to it. Those with stronger feelings of collective ownership supported reconciliation with Albanians less, while place attachment did not hinder reconciliation. Study 2 replicated these findings among a new sample of Serbs in Serbia (N = 173), among Serbs in Kosovo (N = 129), and in two other conflict settings: among Greek Cypriots in Cyprus (N = 135) and Jews in Israel (N = 109). Altogether, we provide evidence that collective psychological ownership can represent an obstacle to reconciliation in conflict regions.
Keyword(s)
collective psychological ownership territorial conflicts reconciliation ingroup identification place attachmentPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2020-07-13
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
8
Issue
1
Page numbers
404–425
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Citation
Storz, N., Martinovic, B., Verkuyten, M., Žeželj, I., Psaltis, C., & Roccas, S. (2020). Collective psychological ownership and reconciliation in territorial conflicts. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 8(1), 404-425. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1145
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Storz, Nora
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Martinovic, Borja
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Verkuyten, Maykel
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Žeželj, Iris
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Psaltis, Charis
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Roccas, Sonia
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Date of first publication2020-07-13
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Abstract / DescriptionCollective psychological ownership refers to people’s perception that an object, place, or idea belongs to their own group. We considered this concept in the context of territorial conflicts and proposed that (1) collective psychological ownership is distinct from place attachment, (2) higher ingroup identifiers are more likely to claim collective ownership and feel attached to the territory, yet (3) only ownership claims are related to lower support for reconciliation. These hypotheses were tested in two studies using structural equation modelling. Study 1 addressed the Kosovo conflict, based on Serbian participants living in Serbia (N = 264). We found that collective psychological ownership and place attachment were distinct. Moreover, higher Serbian identifiers had a stronger sense of collective ownership of Kosovo and were more attached to it. Those with stronger feelings of collective ownership supported reconciliation with Albanians less, while place attachment did not hinder reconciliation. Study 2 replicated these findings among a new sample of Serbs in Serbia (N = 173), among Serbs in Kosovo (N = 129), and in two other conflict settings: among Greek Cypriots in Cyprus (N = 135) and Jews in Israel (N = 109). Altogether, we provide evidence that collective psychological ownership can represent an obstacle to reconciliation in conflict regions.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationStorz, N., Martinovic, B., Verkuyten, M., Žeželj, I., Psaltis, C., & Roccas, S. (2020). Collective psychological ownership and reconciliation in territorial conflicts. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 8(1), 404-425. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1145en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/5616
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6220
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1145
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.3105
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Keyword(s)collective psychological ownershipen_US
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Keyword(s)territorial conflictsen_US
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Keyword(s)reconciliationen_US
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Keyword(s)ingroup identificationen_US
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Keyword(s)place attachmenten_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleCollective psychological ownership and reconciliation in territorial conflictsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers404–425
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Volume8
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Visible tag(s)Version of Recorden_US