High national identification requires a source of collective pride

Evidence

In general, identification with a social category (especially with something as complex as a national group) can take on several different meanings. To be a high national identifier, one probably needs to feel good about something one’s group has done or is doing. For some Dutch people, it may be bound up with the colonial past or the nation’s mercantile success. For others, it might be about the success of the national soccer team or the enormous artistic and cultural contribution that has been made by this small nation. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 837

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the identity-grief dynamics in chapter 1’s framing of collective guilt; also parallels nationalism scholarship on selectively usable pasts. — connects to: Societies endorse collective pride while rejecting collective guilt — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 795; Identification measures conflate salience with stable traits — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 812; Nations generate identity and allegiance by functioning as symbolic communities of representation (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Nations generate identity and allegiance by functioning as symbolic communities of representation #expands (0.80)
• Group identification arises from the need for safety and status. #expands (0.70) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 961