Can 'we' share the contested territory with 'them'? Shared territorial ownership perceptions and reconciliation intentions in Kosovo
Apstrakt
Territorial ownership claims are central to many interethnic conflicts and can constitute an obstacle to conflict resolution and reconciliation. However, people in conflict areas might also have a perception that the territory simultaneously belongs to one's ingroup and the rival outgroup. We expected such perceptions of shared ownership to be related to higher reconciliation intentions. We examined this expectation in relation to the territory of Kosovo among random national samples of Albanians and Serbs from Kosovo, and Serbs from Serbia (Study 1, total N = 995). In general, participants perceived low levels of shared ownership, however, shared ownership perceptions were positively related to reconciliation intentions in Kosovo. In Study 2 (total N = 375), we experimentally manipulated shared ownership (vs. ingroup ownership) and found that shared ownership elicited stronger reconciliation intentions. It is concluded that fostering a sense of shared ownership can be important for im...proving intergroup relations in post-conflict settings.
Ključne reči:
shared ownership perceptions / Serbs / reconciliation intentions / Kosovo / collective psychological ownership / AlbaniansIzvor:
British Journal of Social Psychology, 2021Izdavač:
- Wiley, Hoboken
Finansiranje / projekti:
- OWNERS: This country is ours: Collective psychological OWNERShip and ethnic attitudes (EU-H2020-715842)
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12497
ISSN: 0144-6665
PubMed: 34498749
WoS: 000694016000001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85114496048
Institucija/grupa
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Storz, Nora AU - Martinović, Borja AU - Maloku, Edona AU - Žeželj, Iris PY - 2021 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3235 AB - Territorial ownership claims are central to many interethnic conflicts and can constitute an obstacle to conflict resolution and reconciliation. However, people in conflict areas might also have a perception that the territory simultaneously belongs to one's ingroup and the rival outgroup. We expected such perceptions of shared ownership to be related to higher reconciliation intentions. We examined this expectation in relation to the territory of Kosovo among random national samples of Albanians and Serbs from Kosovo, and Serbs from Serbia (Study 1, total N = 995). In general, participants perceived low levels of shared ownership, however, shared ownership perceptions were positively related to reconciliation intentions in Kosovo. In Study 2 (total N = 375), we experimentally manipulated shared ownership (vs. ingroup ownership) and found that shared ownership elicited stronger reconciliation intentions. It is concluded that fostering a sense of shared ownership can be important for improving intergroup relations in post-conflict settings. PB - Wiley, Hoboken T2 - British Journal of Social Psychology T1 - Can 'we' share the contested territory with 'them'? Shared territorial ownership perceptions and reconciliation intentions in Kosovo DO - 10.1111/bjso.12497 ER -
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Storz, N., Martinović, B., Maloku, E.,& Žeželj, I.. (2021). Can 'we' share the contested territory with 'them'? Shared territorial ownership perceptions and reconciliation intentions in Kosovo. in British Journal of Social Psychology Wiley, Hoboken.. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12497
Storz N, Martinović B, Maloku E, Žeželj I. Can 'we' share the contested territory with 'them'? Shared territorial ownership perceptions and reconciliation intentions in Kosovo. in British Journal of Social Psychology. 2021;. doi:10.1111/bjso.12497 .
Storz, Nora, Martinović, Borja, Maloku, Edona, Žeželj, Iris, "Can 'we' share the contested territory with 'them'? Shared territorial ownership perceptions and reconciliation intentions in Kosovo" in British Journal of Social Psychology (2021), https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12497 . .