TY - JOUR
T1 - Ideological Orientation and Political Transition in Hong Kong
T2 - Confidence in the Future
AU - Ho, David Y. F.
AU - Chau, Albert W. L.
AU - Chiu, Chi Yue
AU - Peng, S. Q.
N1 - Acknowledgments:
The study reported here is part of the research by Psychological Analysis of Transitional Hong Kong (PATH). Members of the project include Albert W. L. Chau, C.Y. Chiu, David Y. F. Ho, S. F. Lam, Ivy Y. M. Lau, and H. C. B. Lee (The University of Hong Kong); Y. Y. Hong (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology); and S. Q. Peng (Peking University). We thank an anonymous donor and the University of Hong Kong for their financial support to PATH research projects, which spanned from 1995 to 1999. Correspondence concerning this article should be sent to Albert W.L. Chau, Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. E-mail: [email protected]
Publisher copyright:
© 2003 International Society of Political Psychology
PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - In the two-component model of ideological orientation, a person's ideological position is jointly influenced by attitudinal and affective components. The present study adopted this conceptual model to predict confidence in the future of Hong Kong, Questionnaire responses were collected from 395 adults (56.8% men and 43.2% women) in Hong Kong in April 1995, some 2 years before its transfer from British to Chinese control The results show that the level of confidence in Hong Kong was related to both attitudinal and affective identification with Hong Kong and China. These findings suggest that the transfer of government may have brought to the surface a collision of the divergent political cultures of Hong Kong and mainland China, resulting in two antagonistic political orientations that predicted confidence in the future of Hong Kong.
AB - In the two-component model of ideological orientation, a person's ideological position is jointly influenced by attitudinal and affective components. The present study adopted this conceptual model to predict confidence in the future of Hong Kong, Questionnaire responses were collected from 395 adults (56.8% men and 43.2% women) in Hong Kong in April 1995, some 2 years before its transfer from British to Chinese control The results show that the level of confidence in Hong Kong was related to both attitudinal and affective identification with Hong Kong and China. These findings suggest that the transfer of government may have brought to the surface a collision of the divergent political cultures of Hong Kong and mainland China, resulting in two antagonistic political orientations that predicted confidence in the future of Hong Kong.
KW - China
KW - Confidence
KW - Hong Kong
KW - Ideological orientation
KW - Political psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0038469774&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/0162-895x.00333
DO - 10.1111/0162-895x.00333
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:0038469774
SN - 0162-895X
VL - 24
SP - 403
EP - 413
JO - Political Psychology
JF - Political Psychology
IS - 2
ER -