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National Identification and Intergroup Attitudes Among Members of the National Majority and Immigrants: Preliminary Evidence for the Mediational Role of Psychological Ownership of a Country

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Brylka, Asteria
Mähönen, Tuuli Anna
Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga

Abstract / Description

In this study, we examined whether psychological ownership of the country one lives in (in this case, Finland) mediates the relationship between national identification and intergroup attitudes among majority and minority group members (N = 647; Finns, n = 334, Russian-speaking immigrants, n = 313). Consistent with our predictions, both majority group members and immigrants whose national identification was strong experienced greater psychological ownership of Finland; as expected, this relationship was more pronounced among majority group members. Higher psychological ownership, in turn, was associated with less positive attitudes towards Russian-speaking immigrants among majority Finns but more positive attitudes towards Finns among immigrants. The findings also showed that among immigrants, the relationship between national identification and psychological ownership is likely to be reciprocal, with national identification similarly mediating the association between psychological ownership and attitudes towards members of the national group. No support for such reciprocity between national identification and psychological ownership was found among members of the majority group.

Keyword(s)

psychological ownership national identification intergroup attitudes immigrants

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Date of first publication

2015-02-18

Journal title

Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Volume

3

Issue

1

Page numbers

24–45

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Brylka, A., Mähönen, T. A., & Jasinskaja-Lahti, I. (2015). National Identification and Intergroup Attitudes Among Members of the National Majority and Immigrants: Preliminary Evidence for the Mediational Role of Psychological Ownership of a Country. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 3(1), 24–45. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v3i1.275
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Brylka, Asteria
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Mähönen, Tuuli Anna
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-26T12:45:24Z
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    2018-11-26T12:45:24Z
  • Date of first publication
    2015-02-18
  • Abstract / Description
    In this study, we examined whether psychological ownership of the country one lives in (in this case, Finland) mediates the relationship between national identification and intergroup attitudes among majority and minority group members (N = 647; Finns, n = 334, Russian-speaking immigrants, n = 313). Consistent with our predictions, both majority group members and immigrants whose national identification was strong experienced greater psychological ownership of Finland; as expected, this relationship was more pronounced among majority group members. Higher psychological ownership, in turn, was associated with less positive attitudes towards Russian-speaking immigrants among majority Finns but more positive attitudes towards Finns among immigrants. The findings also showed that among immigrants, the relationship between national identification and psychological ownership is likely to be reciprocal, with national identification similarly mediating the association between psychological ownership and attitudes towards members of the national group. No support for such reciprocity between national identification and psychological ownership was found among members of the majority group.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Brylka, A., Mähönen, T. A., & Jasinskaja-Lahti, I. (2015). National Identification and Intergroup Attitudes Among Members of the National Majority and Immigrants: Preliminary Evidence for the Mediational Role of Psychological Ownership of a Country. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 3(1), 24–45. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v3i1.275
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  • ISSN
    2195-3325
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1363
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1788
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v3i1.275
  • Keyword(s)
    psychological ownership
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  • Keyword(s)
    national identification
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  • Keyword(s)
    intergroup attitudes
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  • Keyword(s)
    immigrants
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    National Identification and Intergroup Attitudes Among Members of the National Majority and Immigrants: Preliminary Evidence for the Mediational Role of Psychological Ownership of a Country
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    1
  • Journal title
    Journal of Social and Political Psychology
  • Page numbers
    24–45
  • Volume
    3
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