This study investigates the differences in place identity between residents of rural and urban communities. Differently from previous research comparing place identity between neighborhoods or countries, our study focuses on the local community type (urban or rural) as a key determinant of place identity. This fills a research gap in environmental social psychology, frequently ignoring the role of community type in shaping people's relationship with their local community. In particular, we analyze to what extent residents of rural communities present greater levels of cognitive, affective and evaluative place identity than their urban counterparts. Based on data from 1153 residents of Spanish rural and urban areas, results reveal that there is no difference between both environments in cognitive place identity. However, residents in rural communities show greater levels of affective and evaluative place identity than city dwellers. In addition, age moderates the influence of community type (urban vs. rural) on affective and evaluative dimensions of place identity. The discussion helps explain how place identity is developed differently in rural and urban locations. The study concludes that these differences are not caused by community size, but by community type and its personal relevance.

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当地地方认同：农村和城市社区居民的比较

本研究调查了农村和城市社区居民的地方认同差异。与之前比较邻里或国家之间的地方认同的研究不同，我们的研究重点关注当地社区类型（城市或农村）作为地方认同的关键决定因素。这填补了环境社会心理学的研究空白，经常忽视社区类型在塑造人们与当地社区的关系中的作用。特别是，我们分析了农村社区居民在多大程度上比城市居民表现出更高水平的认知、情感和评价性地方认同。基于西班牙农村和城市地区 1153 名居民的数据，结果显示两种环境在认知地点认同方面没有差异。然而，农村社区的居民比城市居民表现出更高水平的情感和评价性地方认同。此外，年龄调节了社区类型（城市与农村）对地方认同的情感和评价维度的影响。该讨论有助于解释乡村和城市地区的地方认同如何以不同的方式发展。研究的结论是，这些差异不是由社区规模引起的，而是由社区类型及其个人相关性引起的。