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Strength of children’s European identity: findings from majority and minority groups in four conflict-affected sites

Author(s)
Taylor, Laura K.  
Corbett, Bethany  
Maloku, Edona  
Tomašić Humer, Jasmina  
Tomovska Misoska, Ana  
Dautel, Jocelyn  
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/24420
Date Issued
2023
Date Available
2023-05-15T12:09:46Z
Abstract
The European Union (EU) aims to promote peace. This research investigates the saliency of a European identity for children from majority and minority groups in four conflict-affected societies in Europe (Croatia, Kosovo, Northern Ireland (NI), and Republic of North Macedonia (RNM)). These sites represent a range of relations with the EU (e.g., leaving the EU, an EU member, wanting to join the EU). Participants included 442 children aged 7 to 11 years, evenly split by gender and group status (Croatia n = 90; Kosovo n = 107; NI n = 60; RNM n = 185). After a draw-and-tell task to prime European identity (vs. ingroup or control condition), we measured children’s identification with Europe, outgroup attitudes and prosociality. Although the European identity prime was not effective, children’s strength of European identity varied by site and group status and related to more positive attitudes and prosociality towards the conflict-rival outgroup. Implications for the future of the European project are discussed.
Other Sponsorship
British Academy
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Journal
European Journal of Developmental Psychology
Volume
20
Issue
5
Start Page
776
End Page
796
Copyright (Published Version)
2023 The Authors
Subjects

Ethnicity

Intergroup relations

European identity

Conflict

Peace

DOI
10.1080/17405629.2023.2200930
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1740-5629
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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Psychology Research Collection

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