Liu, James, Bou Zeineddine, Fouad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5386-0579, Choi, Sarah, Zhang, Robert, Vilar, Roosevelt and Paez, Dario (2021) Living historical memory: associations with national identity, social dominance orientation, and system justification in 40 countries. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (JARMAC), 10 (1). pp. 104-116. ISSN 2211-3681 (Print), 2211-369X (Online) (doi:10.1037/h0101789)

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Living historical memory (LHM) was assessed amongst representative samples of adults from 40 societies (N = 22,708), who completed online surveys asking them to name three historical events in living memory that have had the greatest impact on their country. Multilevel analyses revealed that the number of LHM nominations was positively but variably related to national identity, with stronger links in developing countries. LHM was consistently and more strongly associated with lower social dominance orientation, and lower system justification. LHM appears to support national identity, especially in developing countries where there is greater need for national progress. While LHM fosters bottom-up aspirations for group-equality universally, it instills critical systemic evaluations in developing countries especially. It appears that LHM in developing countries has progressive functions, contextualizing current disadvantages as being linked to history, but nonetheless drawing from living memories to band people together in positive collective remembrance of the advent of nationhood.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	collective memory, communicative memory, living historical memory, national identity, social dominance orientation, system justification
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology D History General and Old World > D History (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Inequalities Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
Last Modified:	14 Jan 2025 11:32
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/49348

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