Multi-Item Scale:
Item Text:
a) I feel a strong sense of belonging to my culture of origin. [Ich fühle mich meiner Herkunftskultur stark zugehörig.]
Different Answer Format Tested:
Nein
Findings:
As mentioned above, most test persons (rather) agree with this item. Only four test persons chose the middle category "partly". The test persons were asked to explain why they agree or disagree with the item.
Two subjects (TP 01, 07) who "fully agree" with the statement and two subjects who "rather agree" (TP 10, 15) choose their answers "because I have no other culture of origin" (TP 01). For these test persons there is no possibility of comparison, because "I was born here" (TP 10). Test person 10 further explains, "I already like my culture". Similarly, test subject 05 argues, who also fully agrees. She says, "I live here in harmony" (TP 05). Test person 06 also "fully agrees" with statement a), but refers the answer to her French culture of origin. She explains that "the most important times [childhood, youth] I spent there. […]. The inner core belongs to the culture of origin".
However, from the explanations of test persons 07 and 14, who "fully agree", and 15, who “rather agree” to the statement a), it can be seen that they feel the need to justify their agreement. Test person 15 emphasizes: "But I don't belong to Pegida! " Test person 14 reports that she was born in the post-war years and that "one has to leave out some periods where things did not go so [peacefully]”. Test person 07 finds "being German [...] very exhausting at the moment".
Test person 12 justifies her answer "rather agree" with the fact that "Germany does not have a strongly formative culture". She feels that the German culture is "loose" and therefore not so strongly associ-ated. Similar to test person 12, test person 02 also justifies her answer. Her mother comes from Germany, her father from Italy. She rather agrees with the statement, "but not perfect, because you still have a different way of doing things when you have two parents [who have different origins]. And that's why I only agreed more because I grew up here in Germany and also grew up here with my mother. So I only partly noticed the other side”. On the other hand, test person 13 agrees more, but describes her family and social imprint as so strong that her culture remains "into old age" . The response category "rather agree" thus has two different functions here: Two test persons want to express that they do not fully agree with the German culture because of its perceived low imprinting power, for the other test person the answer category stands for the fact that one cannot completely get away from his family background.
Of the four test persons (TP 03, 04, 08, 09) who agree with the statement "partly agree", three are migrants (TP 04, 08, 09). Test person 03 speaks of her previously reported lack of connection to her culture of origin: "Partly I feel connected to my culture of origin, because my parents are also from Germany. And partly I also feel strongly connected as a German and with my home country, partly not at all. Sometimes I call myself a world person because I am very curious. I could also live well in another country." The answers of the test persons with migration background are similar. On the one hand, they feel part of their culture of origin, on the other hand, they feel at home and connected (TP 08, 09). Test person 04 reports that she is aware of her Chinese roots, but that she has "not grown” into the traditions and the typical social interactions, because she has lived in China only for a short time in the context of an exchange program, "therefore I am not familiar with it in this depth" (TP 04).
Test person 11, who also has a migration background, rather agrees with the statement: "I do not fully agree with the statement, because I grew up in a dual-cultural environment. With the western culture and my culture of origin, into which I was born. I definitely feel a part of it, but I feel just as much a part of Western culture in Germany".
Two subjects (TP 01, 07) who "fully agree" with the statement and two subjects who "rather agree" (TP 10, 15) choose their answers "because I have no other culture of origin" (TP 01). For these test persons there is no possibility of comparison, because "I was born here" (TP 10). Test person 10 further explains, "I already like my culture". Similarly, test subject 05 argues, who also fully agrees. She says, "I live here in harmony" (TP 05). Test person 06 also "fully agrees" with statement a), but refers the answer to her French culture of origin. She explains that "the most important times [childhood, youth] I spent there. […]. The inner core belongs to the culture of origin".
However, from the explanations of test persons 07 and 14, who "fully agree", and 15, who “rather agree” to the statement a), it can be seen that they feel the need to justify their agreement. Test person 15 emphasizes: "But I don't belong to Pegida! " Test person 14 reports that she was born in the post-war years and that "one has to leave out some periods where things did not go so [peacefully]”. Test person 07 finds "being German [...] very exhausting at the moment".
Test person 12 justifies her answer "rather agree" with the fact that "Germany does not have a strongly formative culture". She feels that the German culture is "loose" and therefore not so strongly associ-ated. Similar to test person 12, test person 02 also justifies her answer. Her mother comes from Germany, her father from Italy. She rather agrees with the statement, "but not perfect, because you still have a different way of doing things when you have two parents [who have different origins]. And that's why I only agreed more because I grew up here in Germany and also grew up here with my mother. So I only partly noticed the other side”. On the other hand, test person 13 agrees more, but describes her family and social imprint as so strong that her culture remains "into old age" . The response category "rather agree" thus has two different functions here: Two test persons want to express that they do not fully agree with the German culture because of its perceived low imprinting power, for the other test person the answer category stands for the fact that one cannot completely get away from his family background.
Of the four test persons (TP 03, 04, 08, 09) who agree with the statement "partly agree", three are migrants (TP 04, 08, 09). Test person 03 speaks of her previously reported lack of connection to her culture of origin: "Partly I feel connected to my culture of origin, because my parents are also from Germany. And partly I also feel strongly connected as a German and with my home country, partly not at all. Sometimes I call myself a world person because I am very curious. I could also live well in another country." The answers of the test persons with migration background are similar. On the one hand, they feel part of their culture of origin, on the other hand, they feel at home and connected (TP 08, 09). Test person 04 reports that she is aware of her Chinese roots, but that she has "not grown” into the traditions and the typical social interactions, because she has lived in China only for a short time in the context of an exchange program, "therefore I am not familiar with it in this depth" (TP 04).
Test person 11, who also has a migration background, rather agrees with the statement: "I do not fully agree with the statement, because I grew up in a dual-cultural environment. With the western culture and my culture of origin, into which I was born. I definitely feel a part of it, but I feel just as much a part of Western culture in Germany".
Recommendations:
Since the respondents do not perceive any difference between item a) and item c) in terms of content and item c) differentiates even better, we recommend deleting statement a) without replacement.
Implementation of Recommendations:
No
Question tested:
true