Collective psychological ownership and reconciliation in territorial conflicts
Апстракт
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 rec...onciliation. 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.
Кључне речи:
Territorial conflicts / Reconciliation / Place attachment / Ingroup identification / Collective psychological ownershipИзвор:
Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2020, 8, 1, 404-425Издавач:
- PsychOpen
Финансирање / пројекти:
- OWNERS: This country is ours: Collective psychological OWNERShip and ethnic attitudes (EU-H2020-715842)
DOI: 10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1145
ISSN: 2195-3325
WoS: 000565887000020
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85087939166
Институција/група
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Storz, N. AU - Martinović, Borja AU - Verkuyten, M. AU - Žeželj, Iris AU - Psaltis, Charis AU - Roccas, S. PY - 2020 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3121 AB - 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. PB - PsychOpen T2 - Journal of Social and Political Psychology T1 - Collective psychological ownership and reconciliation in territorial conflicts EP - 425 IS - 1 SP - 404 VL - 8 DO - 10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1145 ER -
@article{ author = "Storz, N. and Martinović, Borja and Verkuyten, M. and Žeželj, Iris and Psaltis, Charis and Roccas, S.", year = "2020", abstract = "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.", publisher = "PsychOpen", journal = "Journal of Social and Political Psychology", title = "Collective psychological ownership and reconciliation in territorial conflicts", pages = "425-404", number = "1", volume = "8", doi = "10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1145" }
Storz, N., Martinović, B., Verkuyten, M., Žeželj, I., Psaltis, C.,& Roccas, S.. (2020). Collective psychological ownership and reconciliation in territorial conflicts. in Journal of Social and Political Psychology PsychOpen., 8(1), 404-425. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1145
Storz N, Martinović B, Verkuyten M, Žeželj I, Psaltis C, Roccas S. Collective psychological ownership and reconciliation in territorial conflicts. in Journal of Social and Political Psychology. 2020;8(1):404-425. doi:10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1145 .
Storz, N., Martinović, Borja, Verkuyten, M., Žeželj, Iris, Psaltis, Charis, Roccas, S., "Collective psychological ownership and reconciliation in territorial conflicts" in Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 8, no. 1 (2020):404-425, https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1145 . .