Dimenzie väzby na miesto rodiska a ich verifikácia 40 rokov po nútenej geografickej relokácii
The Dimensions of the Attachment to Birthplace and their erification sfter the 40 Years Following the Forced Relocation

Summary/Abstract: The Dimensions of the Attachment to Birthplace and their Verification after the 40 Years Following the Forced Relocation. The paper starts with the discussion of various definitions of the attachment to place concept. On general level, attachment to place is defined as a complex phenomenon comprising different components of emotional and cognitive experience or symbolic relations of people to concrete places. Basic dimensions of the attachment to place concept are analysed and the main emphasis is given to the dimensions of dependence on place and identification with place. The aim of the survey, the findings of which are discussed in the second part of the paper, was to work out and validate the original technique of measuring the attachment to place of birth and to uncover its dimensions. The surveyed population were the emigrants from the region of Orava dam interviewed forty years after the forced departure from the region. By using the factor analysis the items of measuring scales were reduced into five factors (Rootedness, Dependence upon place, Traditionalism, Nostalgia for place (homesickness) and Loss of place). Theoretically defined dimensions and the dimensions uncovered by factor analysis show significant similarity. The correlation in factorial structure of indicators and interrelated partial sub-scales suggest the possibilities of the next theoretical analysis of the designed operational dimensions and their relations. The results raise the question of theoretical relation between the dimension of identification with place and the dimension of dependence on place. The author argues that both the dimensions are sub-components of attachment to place. They are hierarchically structured and may be classified by their relation to motivating and affective parts of identity.

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