Eksplorativna i konfirmatorna faktorska analiza skale nacionalističkog sindroma (sns-1)

U ovom smo istraživanju nastojali utvrditi nalaze li se nacionalna afektivna vezanost, ksenofobija, antisemitizam, percepcija nacionalnomanjinske prijetnje i mentalitet nacionalnoga opsadnog stanja u takvim međusobnim relacijama da na latentnoj razini višega reda formiraju homogen i unutarnje koherentan stavovski konstrukt nacionalističkog sindroma. Istraživanje je provedeno na prigodnom uzorku od 368 studenata Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Da bismo utvrdili dimenzionalnsot i konstruktnu validnost Skale nacionalističkog sindroma od 15 čestica (SNS-1), primijenili smo eksploratornu i konfirmatornu faktorsku analizu. Eksploratornom faktorskom analizom ekstrahirana su tri faktora nazvana ksenofobija i antisemitizam, percepcija prijetnje nacionalnoj sigurnosti i nacionalna afektivna vezanost. Konfirmatorna faktorska analiza je pokazala da trodimenzionalni model nacionalističkog sindroma nije posve zadovoljio postavljene kriterije pristajanja, ali ga ne treba u potpunosti odbaciti, jer se komparativni indeksi slaganja nalaze na graničnim razinama prihvatljivosti. Na razni faktora drugog reda model nacionalističkog sindroma ima zadovoljavajuće indekse pristajanja uz dopuštenu razinu standardne pogreške (SRMR= .06, RMSEA EA = .09, GFI= .88, AGFI= .84 CFI= .95, NFI= .95). U tom je smislu potvrđen teorijski model nacionalističkog sindroma kao unutarnje koherentnog sustava (1) etničkog ekskluzionizma, (2) percepcije prijetnje, i (3) snažne nacionalne afektivne identifikacije ili vezanosti. Visoka pouzdanost cijele skale SNS-1 (alfa=.89) pokazala je da se skala može koristiti kao korisna i pouzdana mjera nacionalističkog sindroma u različitim istraživanjima u području sociologije i političkih znanosti. Visoka pouzdanost faktorski ekstrahiranih subskala pokazuju da se one mogu koristiti kao zasebne mjere nacionalističkog sindroma.
T he aim of this research was to find out whether national affective attachment, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, threat perception posed by some ethnic minority groups, and national siege mentality are correlated to such a degree that on the latent level of higher order they form a homogeneous and internally coherent attitudinal construct of nationalistic syndrome. The research was carried out on a random sample of students at the University of Zagreb (N=368). In order to establish dimensionality and construct validity of the Scale of nationalistic syndrome consisting of 15 items (SNS-1), exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed. The EFA yielded three factors labeled a three-factor Anti-Semitism and xenophobia, Pperception of threat to national security, and Nnational affective attachement and self-sacrifice. CFA that did completely meet the established criteria for goodness-of-fit indices. However, the first-order-factor model of nationalistic syndrome should not immediately be discarded because the comparative fit indices were on the borderline level of acceptability. A second-order-factor model of nationalistic syndrome had all the acceptable goodnes-of-fit indices and and acceptable range for standard error (SRMR= .06; RMSEA EA = .09; GFI= .88; AGFI= .84, CFI= .95; NFI= .95). The theoretical model of nationalistic syndrome as an internally coherent system of ethnic exclusionism, threat perception, and strong national affective identification or attachment is confirmed. A high reliability of the scale SNS-1 (alfa= .89) proved it to be an economic and useful tool for assessing nationalistic syndrome in sociological and political science. High reliability of factorially extracted subscales of SNS-1 indicated that they can be used as specific measures of nationalistic syndrome.