Evaluation of instruments for measuring social reconstruction – comparison between data collected from Serbs in Knin and Vukovar

Sinobad , Nikola. (2011). Evaluation of instruments for measuring social reconstruction – comparison between data collected from Serbs in Knin and Vukovar. Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Psychology. [mentor Ajduković, Dean].

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Abstract

The aim of this research was to ascertain the factor structure and metric characteristics of scales used to operationalize the constructs of social reconstruction model, as well as to determine the stability of factor structure and metric characteristics in two ethnically divided communities, Knin and Vukovar, taking in perspective theirs specific differences. 180 participants took part in the research: 100 from Knin and 80 from Vukovar, with age span from 18 to 35. The reliability of all the scales used in the questionnaire is satisfactory, however in short versions of the Social-psychological conditions subscales, we obtained low Cronbach coefficient values. By comparing the results obtained by applying the scale, we got statistically significant differences in the scale of Acceptance of collective guilt and group victimization measure. Generally speaking, the inhabitants from Knin who participated in the study are more prone to accepting collective guilt and tend to define their group as a major victim in the war than the inhabitants from Vukovar. Factor analysis of subscales that constitute Social reconstruction scale determined stabile factor structure in both environments, except for the Empathy subscale, where two factors were extracted.

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