Assessments of Ukrainians’ historical guilts by agents of local and national identity

- Васютинський, В.О. (orcid.org/0000-0002-9808-4550) (2021) Assessments of Ukrainians’ historical guilts by agents of local and national identity Ukrainian psychological journal, 2 (16). pp. 9-20. ISSN 2520-6265

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Abstract

The article describes the differences between the agents of local and all-Ukrainian identities in assessing the historical guilts of Ukrainians. The data were collected during two surveys: 150 residents of five small towns on the Right Bank of Ukraine, where bloody Jewish pogroms took place in 1919–1920; 100 inhabitants of four localities in the west of Ukraine, where hundreds of people of Polish nationality were exterminated in 1943–1944. The respondents’ responses to the semi-standardized interview were processed using a content analysis procedure and summarized as a set of semantic units. Differences between those who primarily identified themselves as local residents (local identity) and those who preferred to be called citizens of Ukraine (national identity) were assessed according to the Mann-Whitney test. In estimating the sad events of the past, the agents of local identity were more focused on humanistic values and spoke of compassion for innocent victims; showed a slightly higher l e vel of readiness to apologize for the historical faults of Ukrainians, and at the same time avoided accusations against local residents, instead of which the authorities should apologize; had a greater need to draw the right conclusions from the tragic events for the future. The agents of national identity more clearly applied the criteria of political and ideological content and looked for the culprits among the enemies; avoided accusations against Ukrainians and «did not know» who should apologize for past crimes; tended to «objective» historical explanations of the past.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	УДК 316.654. Статтю отримано – 15 червня 2021, рецензовано – 19 червня 2021, прийнято – 23 червня 2021 р. Засновник журналу – Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка, факультет психології. Рекомендовано до друку Вченою радою факультету психології (протокол № 5 від 21 жовтня 2021 року). Підписано до друку 21.10.2021 р. Збірник надруковано за підтримки Української психологічної асоціації та БО «Міжнародний благодійний фонд «Розвиток наукової психології «ФРОНЕЗИС». © КНУ імені Тараса Шевченка, 2021. © Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 2021.
Keywords:	Historical guilt, local identity, national identity, culprits, apologies.
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 1 Philosophy. Psychology Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 308 Sociography. Descriptive studies of society (both qualitative and quantitative) Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 314/316 Society Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 32 Politics
Divisions:	The Institute of Social and Political Psychology > Laboratory for Mass and Community Psychology
Depositing User:	М.н.с. лабораторії соціальної психології особистості ІСПП НАПН України Володимир Вікторович Савінов
Date Deposited:	09 Dec 2022 08:56
Last Modified:	09 Dec 2022 08:56
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/733376

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