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The American South: Explorations on southern attachments and personal values
Yunzhu Ouyang1, David E Rast1, Justin D Hackett2
1University of Alberta.
The Journal of Social Psychology
|July 2, 2019
Summary
Southern identity strongly influences regional attachments like nationalism and pride. Personal values also shape these connections, impacting political psychology in the U.S. South.
Area of Science:
- Political Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Regional Identity Studies
Background:
- Group membership is key to political behavior, but regional identity is understudied.
- Understanding regional attachments is crucial for political psychology and personal values.
Purpose of the Study:
- Investigate relationships between southern identity, nationalism, pride, and patriotism.
- Examine connections between personal values and southern attachments.
Main Methods:
- Structural equation modeling with 268 participants.
- Analysis of southern identity, nationalism, pride, patriotism, and personal values.
Main Results:
- Stronger southern identity predicted increased southern nationalism, pride, and patriotism.
- Conservation values correlated with stronger southern identity and pride.
- Self-transcendence values related to less southern nationalism and more patriotism.
- Self-enhancement values correlated with greater southern nationalism.
Conclusions:
- Southern identity significantly predicts other southern attachments.
- Distinct southern attachments are related but unique.
- Personal values interact with regional identity and attachments.
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