Urban-related identity — how to measure it?

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Identification with the city not only supports the psychological well-being of the resident, but also becomes a resource for the development of the city, because committed citizens are more motivated to preserve and protect their city. Meanwhile, there are few ways to measure this phenomenon, and the available ones have limitations or have not been tested on the Russian-speaking population. This article is devoted to the validation of one of the most frequently mentioned methods in environmental psychology — the Urban-Related Identity Scale developed by M. Lalli and translated in Russian by A. Miklyaeva and P. Rumyantseva. The sample consisted of 242 people aged 18-70 years (Mage=35.50 years, SDage=14.29 years; 59.5% women) living permanently in Russian cities and large towns. It was revealed that the original five-factor structure of the scale is not reproduced in Russia; instead, three components of urban identity were identified: External value, Belonging to a city and Goal setting. The modified version of Urban-Related Identity Scale obtained in this research has high structural and construct validity and reliability. The intensity of manifestations of urban identity is positively related to a person’s age, duration of residence, his or her tourist experience, and size of the city, but negatively related to the desire to leave the city.

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Sofia I. Reznichenko

HSE University

Author for correspondence.
Email: sreznichenko@hse.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7930-8790

PhD in Psychology, Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Salutogenic Environment Psychology

Russian Federation, 4, Armyanskii st., Moscow, 101000

Natalia A. Rozhkova

HRTech

Email: narozhkova53@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2295-9696

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Russian Federation, Serebryannikovskaya st., Moscow, 630007

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