title: Measuring Implicit European and Mediterranean Landscape Identity: A Tool Proposal.
abstract: This study presents a tool - the Landscape Identity Implicit Association Test (LI-IAT) - devoted to measure the implicit identification with European and Mediterranean landscapes. To this aim, a series of prototypical landscapes was selected as stimulus, following an accurate multi-step procedure. Participants (N = 174), recruited in two Italian cities, performed two LI-IATs devoted to assess their identification with European vs. Not-European and Mediterranean vs. Not-Mediterranean prototypical landscapes. Psychometric properties and criterion validity of these measures were investigated. Two self-report measures, assessing, respectively, European and Mediterranean place identity and pleasantness of the target landscapes, were also administered. Results showed: (1) an adequate level of internal consistency for both LI-IATs; (2) a higher identification with European and Mediterranean landscapes than, respectively, with Not-European and Not-Mediterranean ones; and (3) a significant positive relationship between the European and Mediterranean LI-IATs and the corresponding place identity scores, also when pleasantness of landscapes was controlled for. Overall, these findings provide a first evidence supporting the reliability and criterion validity of the European and Mediterranean LI-IATs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy, University of CagliariSardinia, Italy; Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca in Psicologia Ambientale - Interuniversity Research Center in Environmental PsychologyRome, Italy.
authors.forename: Ferdinando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fornara
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dentale
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari Sardinia, Italy.
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Troffa
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari Sardinia, Italy.
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piras
keywords: European identification; Mediterranean identification; implicit association test; landscape identity; place identity