National identity misrecognition and attitudes toward the French mainstream society
da Silva,Caroline Badea,Constantina Bender,Michael Gruev-Vintila,Andreea Reicher,Stephen
da Silva,Caroline
Badea,Constantina
Bender,Michael
Gruev-Vintila,Andreea
Reicher,Stephen
Abstract
Drawing on the rejection-identification (Branscombe et al., Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1999, 77, 135) and rejection-disidentification (Jasinskaja-Lahti et al., Applied Psychology: An International Review, 2009, 58, 105) models, we examined the effects of national identity misrecognition on attitudes toward the French mainstream society among Maghrebi-French and Muslim minority group members. We conducted a survey (N = 190) and two experiments (N = 103; 190), in which we measured and manipulated, respectively, the feeling of misrecognition (i.e., having one's national identity denied by the mainstream). Results showed that national identity misrecognition is a concept different from other forms of rejection by the majority group (i.e., perceived discrimination) (Studies 1 and 2). We also showed that feelings of misrecognition were related to higher hostility toward the mainstream (Studies 1 and 3) and higher identification with the national group (Study 3). In the discussion, we highlight the need for public policies to implement preventive actions against this form of rejection within French society.
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Funding Information: This research is partly part of the project ?Misrecognising Minorities in Europe? (MisMiE) lead by Prof. Andreas Zick and Prof. Stephen Reicher coordinated by Dr. Arin H. Ayanian. This project is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation (Grant number 94 788)
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2021
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misrecognition, perceived discrimination, hostility, GROUP IDENTIFICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICANS, SELF-ESTEEM, SUPPORT
Citation
da Silva, C, Badea, C, Bender, M, Gruev-Vintila, A & Reicher, S 2021, 'National identity misrecognition and attitudes toward the French mainstream society', Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 542-553. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000549