Project

Towards a better understanding of inter-minority attitudes, secondary transfer effects, and their contribution to perceived social capital

Code
01P03023
Duration
01 October 2023 → 30 September 2026
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Cognitive processes
    • Statistics and data analysis
    • Group and interpersonal processes
    • Social behaviour and social action
    • Social perception and cognition
Keywords
intergroup attitudes and relations social capital secondary transfer effects of contact
 
Project description

Although intergroup attitudes are among the most pervasively studied topics in social psychological literature, empirical attention for inter-minority attitudes has hitherto remained rather scant. To address this notable lacuna, the central goal of the present proposal is to expand the underdeveloped inter-minority attitudes literature in three important ways. Firstly, we aim to improve the conceptualization and measurement of inter-minority attitudes held by ethnic-cultural minorities. To this end, we advance a novel methodology which combines a to-be-developed questionnaire to quantify general inter-minority bias with a more granular approach to assess preferences for specific minority groups. Preliminary pilot data confirm the applicability of the latter technique to assess inter-minority attitudes. A second objective of the present proposal is to investigate how inter-minority attitudes contribute to perceived social capital, a research question which has so far received virtually no scholarly attention. Thirdly, we intend to study if and how secondary transfer effects of inter-minority contact can ameliorate inter-minority attitudes (and hence, social capital). Taken together, the present proposal should advance our understanding of how inter-minority attitudes and social capital develop, thrive, and can further be promoted in modern “super-diverse” societies.