Project

Towards a Better Understanding of Inter-Minority Attitudes

Code
1264026N
Duration
01 October 2025 → 30 September 2028
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Cognitive processes
    • Statistics and data analysis
    • Group and interpersonal processes
    • Social behaviour and social action
    • Social perception and cognition
Keywords
ideological climates secondary transfer effects of contact intergroup attitudes and relations
 
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 ways. Firstly, we aim to improve the conceptualization of inter-minority attitudes held by ethnic-cultural minorities. To this end, I advance a novel typology which positions emerging attitude profiles along two key dimensions, i.e., separation-assimilation and derogation-coalition. My pilot work shows that this approach (a) results in a theoretically meaningful classification of inter-minority attitude profiles, and (b) allows to make straightforward empirical predictions about the correlates and determinants of inter-minority attitudes. Secondly, this research aims to identify the “majority influence,” by examining how majority group ideological climates are related to inter-minority attitudes. Thirdly, I intend to study if and how secondary transfer effects of inter-minority contact can ameliorate inter-minority attitudes. Taken together, the present proposal should advance our understanding of how inter-minority attitudes manifest, develop, thrive, and can further be promoted in modern “super-diverse” societies.