It is generally assumed that national commemorations have the power to increase national attachment. This is because such ceremonies highlight shared history, communicate core values, and have the potential to decrease conflicts in societies, while celebrating and mourning together enhances attachment to the group. Remarkably, only a limited number of studies have empirically studied the relation between participation in national commemorations and feelings of national attachment. Studies that have addressed this question focused mainly on the intentions of the organizing elite, employed qualitative research designs, or suffered from methodological problems such as causality. In this study, we examined participation in Dutch liberation festivals by means of survey data. We compared people's feelings of national attachment before they visited the liberation festival with people's feelings of national attachment after they visited the festival, but no evidence was found for the integrative role of national ceremonies. In the concluding section, we discuss potential reasons why the expected positive relation was not found and formulate suggestions for future research.

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参加国庆会增加国情吗？荷兰解放节研究

人们普遍认为，民族纪念活动具有增加民族归属感的力量。这是因为这样的仪式突出了共同的历史，传达了核心价值观，并有可能减少社会中的冲突，同时一起庆祝和哀悼会增强对团体的依恋。值得注意的是，只有少数研究对参与民族纪念活动与民族依恋感之间的关系进行了实证研究。解决这个问题的研究主要集中在组织精英的意图、采用定性研究设计或遭受诸如因果关系之类的方法论问题上。在这项研究中，我们通过调查数据调查了荷兰解放节的参与情况。我们比较了人们的 解放节前的民族依恋感与节日后的民族依恋感比较，但未发现民族仪式具有整合作用的证据。在结论部分，我们讨论了未发现预期正相关的潜在原因，并为未来的研究提出建议。