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Project code: 5-07-067

RESEARCH ON INTELLECTUAL LEVEL AND SOME PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THIRD-GENERATION CITIZENS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Main researcher: METZING, ANĐELKA (87082)

Assistants

FULGOSI, ANTE (12635)
FULGOSI, LJERKA (99243)

Type of research: applied
Duration from: 04/30/91. to 12/31/94.

Papers on project (total): 1

Institution name: Pedagoški fakultet, Osijek (122)
Department/Institute: -
Address: L. Jaegera 9
City: 31000 - Osijek, Croatia

Communication: Phone: 385 (0)31 125 199; Fax: 385 (0)31 126 757

Summary: This research compares the intensity of personal national identity, the attitude towards one's own nation and the familiarity with one's own nation of the children of the second-generation Croatian citizens living in Germany with the attitude of their peers living in the mother country. Three measuring instruments were used in this research: the JONI scale (Croatian acronym for Intensity of Personal National Identity) and the SPVN scale (Croatian acronym for Attitude Towards One's Own Nation). Both these scales were developed by dr. Ante Fulgosi. The JONI and SPVN scales show great reliability, as expressed by the alpha coefficient, which was 0.89 for JONI and 0.86 for SPVN. This research involved 100 children living in the mother country and 65 children living in Germany. The subject were 14-15 years old. Both groups of children were equilized with respect to sex, age and the socio-economic status of their parents. The subjects were tested in classrooms in their country and in several groups in Germany (Catholic Missions and Croatian Immigration Clubs). Answers of schoolchildren were graded and then a statistical evaluation and analysis of results was done. A two-way analysis of variance was made for each instrument with the aim to to determine statistical significance of differences with regard to country (Croatia-Germany) and sex (male-female). The results show that both the intensity of personal national identity and a positive attitude towards one's own nation are greater in children living in Germany than in those living in the mother country despite for fact that the former know less about Croatia than the latter. Such a result shows that both the intensintensity of personal national identity and the favourable attitude towards one's own nation are independent of familiarity with with the facts is weak or non-existent. The familiarity with one's own country and people seems not to be a precondition for, and maybe not even a component of intensity of national identity or a favourable attitude towards one's own nation.

Keywords: intensity of personal national identity, attitude towards one's nation, familiarity with one's nation, intercultural research, national identity, the Likert scale,

Research goals: The aims of this research are to study and measure the familiarity with one's own nation (facts from history, literature, politics, geography, arhitecture, music, economy and culture), to measure the attitude towards one's own nation, and to measure the intensity of personal national identity of children of the second-generation Croatian citizens living in Germany in relation to their peers in the mother country. Research results give an insight into the development of national identity under migrant conditions and enable the adoption of more efficient education strategies.

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