Sense of country: General and specific factors covary with social identification and predict emigration plans.

ABSTRACT: Theoretical analyses of person-environment interaction describe complex models, addressing different levels of social systems, while models of the sense of community provide a base for transferring views of this interaction to the national level. This paper presents two studies that explored the structure of the sense of country and its relation to emigration plans and social identification. Study 1 involved 1,005 adults from Latvia. The Sense of Country Inventory (SOCI) included influence, perceived opportunities, belonging, and spatiotemporal commitment as the components of this sense. The bifactor model demonstrated the best fit and confirmed the general factor, integrating components of the sense of country, and specific factors, emphasizing its complexity. The validation demonstrated

SUBMITTER: Kolesovs A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9669600 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature