dc.description.abstract | This research aims to find out the description of Indonesian Chinese nationalism in
the city of Medan. This research was conducted using quantitative methods. The
data was collected using nonprobability sampling with an accidental sampling
method. The sample was Chinese people who lived in the city of Medan with an age
range of 18-40 years with a total of 117 participants. The data obtained were
processed by descriptive analysis using the IBM SPSS Statistics 25.0. The scale was
adapted from Blank & Schmidt (2003). The results generally showed that Chinese
nationalism in the city of Medan was that 96 (82.1%) participants had high
nationalism, 21 (17.9%) participants had moderate nationalism, and 0 (0%)
participants had low nationalism. The results of the analysis of each aspect showed
that the majority of participants were in the high category. In the generalized
positive assessment aspect of the nation, 89 (76.1%) participants were in the high
category, 28 (23.9%) participants were in the medium category, and 0 (0%)
participants were in the low category. In the aspect of feelings of superiority, 65
(55.6%) participants were in the high category, 49 (41.9%) were in the medium
category, and 3 (2.6%) were in the low category. In the aspect of idealization
tendencies related to nation, 94 (80.3%) participants were in the high category, 23
(19.7%) participants were in the medium category, and 0 (0%) participants were
in the low category. The results of the analysis of each factor showed that the
majority of participants were in the high category. In the age factor with a range
of 18-40 years, 95 (81.2%) participants were in the high category, 21 (17.9%) were
in the medium category, and 0 (0%) were in the low category. In the religious
factor, there were two religions with the highest results, namely Buddhism, as many
as 63 (53.8%) participants were in the high category, 17 (14.5%) participants were
in the medium category, and 0 (0%) participants were in the low category.
Protestant Christianity as many as 28 (23.9%) participants were in the high
category, 4 (3.4%) participants were in the medium category, and 0 (0%)
participants were in the low category. The overall results showed that the majority
of participants had high nationalism. | en_US |