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<p>The primary aim of the paper is to explore the relationship between the trauma ‑focused self ‑description of Hungarian history and other factors such as sense of regional betweenness, memory, well ‑being or even the respondent’s personality (sympathy for authoritarian personality traits, political orientation, religiosity). In the current study, network analysis is used to explore the elective affinities between the above ‑mentioned variables. This method – rather than focusing on linear relationships – concentrates on interactions and feedback loops to better understand this social phenomenon. Our results show that the outlined factors form a coherent and highly stable belief system that can only be changed by significant influences.</p>
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The primary aim of the paper is to explore the relationship between the trauma ‑focused self ‑description of Hungarian history and other factors such as sense of regional betweenness, memory, well ‑being or even the respondent’s personality (sympathy for authoritarian personality traits, political orientation, religiosity). In the current study, network analysis is used to explore the elective affinities between the above ‑mentioned variables. This method – rather than focusing on linear relationships – concentrates on interactions and feedback loops to better understand this social phenomenon. Our results show that the outlined factors form a coherent and highly stable belief system that can only be changed by significant influences.

Long torn by ill fate? Wounded collective identity in light of a survey in Hungary

Politics in Central Europe

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The primary aim of the paper is to explore the relationship between the trauma ‑focused self ‑description of Hungarian history and other factors such as sense...

Long torn by ill fate? Wounded collective identity in light of a survey in Hungary

Data publikacji: 15 cze 2023

Zakres stron: 265 - 281

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2023-0012

Słowa kluczowe
historical trauma, collective identity, narrative, network analysis

© 2023 Dávid Kollár et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Long torn by ill fate? Wounded collective identity in light of a survey in Hungary

Data publikacji: 15 cze 2023

Zakres stron: 265 - 281

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2023-0012

Słowa kluczowehistorical trauma, collective identity, narrative, network analysis

© 2023 Dávid Kollár et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
historical trauma, collective identity, narrative, network analysis