TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of the Hong Kong Identity Scale
T2 - Differentiation between Hong Kong ‘Locals’ and Mainland Chinese in Cultural and Civic Domains
AU - Chow, Siu lun
AU - Fu, King wa
AU - Ng, Yu Leung
N1 - Funding Information:
This research project (Project Number: 2016.A8.055.17A) is funded by the Public Policy Research Funding Scheme from Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.
PY - 2020/7/3
Y1 - 2020/7/3
N2 - This study deployed a systematic method to develop and validate a measurement for the identity of Hong Kong people, reflecting the emerging localistic attitude in the city. Drawing on a two-dimensional identity model, a combination of cultural and civic domains, an operationalization for Hong Kong identity was derived to differentiate between ‘HongKongese’ and others with stronger Mainland-Chinese-oriented identity. Cultural attribute, such as language and choice of technology products, is found to be of paramount importance in identity confirmation. Anti-authoritarianism and proactive political participation are the two major discriminatory features in the civic domain. Social distance from Mainland Chinese is positively associated with these key components of the scale, supporting the scale’s construct validity and confirming the nativist tendency of certain groups of Hong Kong localists.
AB - This study deployed a systematic method to develop and validate a measurement for the identity of Hong Kong people, reflecting the emerging localistic attitude in the city. Drawing on a two-dimensional identity model, a combination of cultural and civic domains, an operationalization for Hong Kong identity was derived to differentiate between ‘HongKongese’ and others with stronger Mainland-Chinese-oriented identity. Cultural attribute, such as language and choice of technology products, is found to be of paramount importance in identity confirmation. Anti-authoritarianism and proactive political participation are the two major discriminatory features in the civic domain. Social distance from Mainland Chinese is positively associated with these key components of the scale, supporting the scale’s construct validity and confirming the nativist tendency of certain groups of Hong Kong localists.
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U2 - 10.1080/10670564.2019.1677365
DO - 10.1080/10670564.2019.1677365
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85074373189
SN - 1067-0564
VL - 29
SP - 568
EP - 584
JO - Journal of Contemporary China
JF - Journal of Contemporary China
IS - 124
ER -
