Naslov
Shared social identity during the pandemic in Croatia: A three-wave longitudinal study

Autori
Kapović, Iva ; Čorkalo Biruški, Dinka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
International Conference on Social Identity and Health

Mjesto i datum
Nottingham, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 23.06.2022. - 24.06.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Pandemic ; Shared social identity ; Solidarity ; Life satisfaction ; Institutional trust

Sažetak
During various emergencies, people’s sense of belonging to the group members exposed to the same event may change. That sense of shared social identity is often related to mutual support, help, solidarity, and well-being. Research so far has stressed the importance of shared identity in the context of COVID-19 crisis. Because this crisis was mostly managed on a national level, in this study we focus on shared national identity as one of the possible salient social identities. National actors and leaders are important for managing the crisis and promoting compliance with protective measures. Hence, greater trust in those actors seems to be associated with a greater sense of shared identity. Even though different authors have suggested that shared identity can persist and even increase during the crisis, longitudinal research on this topic is still scarce. Therefore, using three-wave panel data on a national probabilistic sample of adult Croatian citizens (N = 867), we explore the changes in shared identity, solidarity with others, life satisfaction, and institutional trust during one year of the pandemic, as well as interrelations between shared identity and aforementioned variables. While results suggest that there was a significant increase in shared identity, there was also a significant decrease in solidarity and institutional trust as pandemic progressed, as well as no changes in life satisfaction. Trajectories of those changes and their interrelations will be discussed.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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