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This article studies alterations in the values, attitudes, and behaviors that emerged among U.S. citizens as a consequence of, and as a response to, the attacks of September 11, 2001. The study briefly examines the immediate reaction to the attack, before focusing on the collective reactions that characterized the behavior of the majority of the population between the events of 9/11 and the response to it in the form of intervention in Afghanistan. In studying this period an eight-phase sequential model (Botcharova, 2001) is used, where the initial phases center on the nation as the ingroup and the latter focus on the enemy who carried out the attack as the outgroup. The study is conducted from a psychosocial perspective and uses "social identity theory" (Tajfel & Turner, 1979, 1986) as the basic framework for interpreting and accounting for the collective reactions recorded. The main purpose of this paper is to show that the interpretation of these collective reactions is consistent with the postulates of social identity theory. The application of this theory provides a different and specific analysis of events. The study is based on data obtained from a variety of rigorous academic studies and opinion polls conducted in relation to the events of 9/11. In line with social identity theory, 9/11 had a marked impact on the importance attached by the majority of U.S. citizens to their identity as members of a nation. This in turn accentuated group differentiation and activated ingroup favoritism and outgroup discrimination (Tajfel & Turner, 1979, 1986). Ingroup favoritism strengthened group cohesion, feelings of solidarity, and identification with the most emblematic values of the U.S. nation, while outgroup discrimination induced U.S. citizens to conceive the enemy (al-Qaeda and its protectors) as the incarnation of evil, depersonalizing the group and venting their anger on it, and to give their backing to a military response, the eventual intervention in Afghanistan. Finally, and also in line with the postulates of social identity theory, as an alternative to the virtual bipolarization of the conflict (U.S. vs al-Qaeda), the activation of a higher level of identity in the ingroup is proposed, a group that includes the United States and the largest possible number of countries¿ including Islamic states¿in the search for a common, more legitimate and effective solution.

Este artículo analiza los componentes fundamentales que configuran el discurso legitimador de la violencia de ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna). Con este objetivo, se construye un sistema de categorías, el cual organiza los procesos psicosociales identificados en investigaciones previas relacionadas con la legitimación de la violencia. A partir del sistema de categorías propuesto, se realiza un análisis de contenido en 21 comunicados de ETA publicados entre 1998 y 2011. El análisis de fiabilidad intraobservador e interobservador muestra una alta estabilidad y replicabilidad de la categorización. Los resultados muestran, en primer lugar, que los componentes exogrupales son predominantes respecto a los endogrupales. Segundo, en la jerarquización, se observa la preminencia de los elementos referidos a la identidad, seguido por frecuencias similares los relacionados con la representación de la violencia y la definición de la situación.

This article presents a Spanish adaption of the citizenship performance questionnaire of Coleman and Borman (2000) an analysis of its empirical structure. Once the original questionnaire was translated and adapted to a Spanish public administration context, it was administered to a sample of 135 public employees representing the complete staff ofa ´ Autonomic Government unit. Results show a high internal consistency of the questionnaire, although it seems to measure three related dimensions. Two of these dimensions are highly stable and coincide with those proposed by LePine, Erez, and Johnson (2002), Generalized Compliance and Altruism, while the third dimension is difficult to interpret. A second order factor analysis supports the existence of a unique underlying dimension of citizenship performance. These results have theoretical as well as practical implications that may help the interpretation and diagnosis in this domain. ; Este artículo presenta una adaptación del cuestionario de desempeño cívico de Coleman y Borman (2000) y un análisis de su estructura empírica. Una vez traducido y adaptado, el cuestionario se aplicó a una muestra de 135 empleados públicos de una unidad completa del Gobierno Autonómico de Canarias. Los resultados indican que el cuestionario tiene una alta consistencia interna, aunque parece medir tres dimensiones relacionadas entre sí. Dos de estas dimensiones son altamente estables y coinciden con las propuestas por LePine, Erez y Johnson (2002), Cumplimiento Generalizado y Altruismo, mientras que la tercera es de difícil interpretación. Un análisis factorial de segundo orden indica que existe una única dimensión subyacente de desempeño cívico. Estos resultados tienen implicaciones teóricas y prácticas que ayudan a la interpretación y diagnóstico del dominio.