The majority influence on interminority attitudes: The secondary transfer effect of positive and negative contact |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Social Research (Social Psychology), University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 54 (Unioninkatu 37), FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland;2. Open University, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 9 (Siltavuorenpenger 3 A), FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland;1. University of Sussex, UK;2. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile;3. University of Jena, Germany;4. Royal Holloway University of London, UK;5. University of Leuven, Belgium;1. Universidad de Granada, Centro de Investigación Mente, Cerebro y Comportamiento (CIMCYC), Campus Cartuja s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain;2. Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Psicología. Campus de Cartuja s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain;3. University of Western Ontario, Department of Psychology, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 5C2, Canada;1. Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, ul. Stawki 5/7, 00-183 Warszawa, Poland;2. Department of Psychology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6 Canada;3. Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Jaracza 1, 00-387 Warszawa, Poland;4. Institut für Europäische Studien, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Thüringer Weg 9, 09126 Chemnitz, Germany;5. Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Nowy ?wiat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, Poland;1. Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, and Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology, Groningen, The Netherlands;2. Utrecht University, and The European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Among minority members, positive contact with the majority was previously found to improve not only the attitudes toward the majority but also the attitudes toward minority outgroups (the secondary transfer effect; STE). However, the roles of negative intergroup contact and minority groups’ social status in the STE have not been yet examined. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated the association between both positive and negative contact with the national majority group (Finns) and mutual attitudes among high-status Estonian (n = 171) and low-status Russian (n = 180) immigrants in Finland. Two mediators of the STE were tested: attitudes toward the majority (attitude generalization) and public collective self-esteem (diagonal hostility). While positive and negative STEs emerging via attitude generalization were expected to occur among both immigrant groups, the mediating effect of public collective self-esteem was assumed only for members of the low-status group. In both immigrant groups, the relationship between positive contact with the majority group and attitudes toward the other immigrant group was positive and indirect through more favorable attitudes toward majority group members. The same mechanism characterized negative contact, where the indirect effect was mediated by less positive attitudes toward Finns. As predicted, public collective self-esteem mediated the effects of positive and negative contact with majority group members on attitudes toward the other minority only among low-status Russian immigrants. The results call for the acknowledgement of different mechanisms explaining the STE among minority groups enjoying different social statuses in host society. |
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| Keywords: | Secondary transfer effect STE Interminority relations Immigrants Intergroup contact Public collective self-esteem |
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