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Methods Section: Quantitative and Qualitative Examination of Social Identities and Their Mutual Relations

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Shaping Social Identities After Violent Conflict

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The chapter provides an overview of the methods used in the investigation of youth social identities in the Western Balkans. For quantitative part of the study, 767 young people aged 20–30 years from four Western Balkan countries were surveyed. Each country sample includes an ethnic majority and an ethnic minority with a history of tensions or violent conflict. The survey measured their identifications with a wide range of social groups, from local, ethnic, religious, and national to the overarching identities (Balkans, Europe). The chapter further describes the qualitative portion with focus groups and case studies in each city, the guidelines followed in conducting the studies, and the data analysis procedures. The chapter closes with remarks on the importance of integrating quantitative and qualitative data.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Olja Jovanović & Iris Žeželj

  2. Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia

    Marko Vladisavljević

  3. Department of Psychology, Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia

    Marija Branković

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  1. Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

    Felicia Pratto

  2. Faculty of Philosoph, Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia

    Iris Žeželj

  3. Social Sciences Unit, American University in Kosovo, Prishtina, USA

    Edona Maloku

  4. University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Vladimir Turjačanin

  5. Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia

    Marija Branković

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Jovanović, O., Vladisavljević, M., Branković, M., Žeželj, I. (2017). Methods Section: Quantitative and Qualitative Examination of Social Identities and Their Mutual Relations. In: Pratto, F., Žeželj, I., Maloku, E., Turjačanin, V., Branković, M. (eds) Shaping Social Identities After Violent Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62021-3_3

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