Long torn by ill fate? Wounded collective identity in light of a survey in Hungary

Abstract

The primary aim of the paper is to explore the relationship between the trauma -focused self -description of Hungarian history and other factors such as sense of regional betweenness, memory, well -being or even the respondent's personality (sympathy for authoritarian personality traits, political orientation, religiosity). In the current study, network analysis is used to explore the elective affinities between the above -mentioned variables. This method - rather than focusing on linear relationships - concentrates on interactions and feedback loops to better understand this social phenomenon. Our results show that the outlined factors form a coherent and highly stable belief system that can only be changed by significant influences.