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Cultural similarity predicts social inclusion of Muslims in Canada: A vignette-based experimental survey
Based on acculturation psychology and intergroup emotions theory, the current experimental study assessed the effects of Muslims’ perceived acculturation strategies by the majority group on social exclusion of Muslims in Canada, and to what extent religious resentment mediated the relationship betwe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9724625/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36483720 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.973603 |
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author | Tahir, Hajra Safdar, Saba |
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description | Based on acculturation psychology and intergroup emotions theory, the current experimental study assessed the effects of Muslims’ perceived acculturation strategies by the majority group on social exclusion of Muslims in Canada, and to what extent religious resentment mediated the relationship between Muslims’ perceived acculturation strategies and social exclusion. The experimental study used a vignette-based approach. This model was examined among 190 non-Muslim Canadians. Results showed that when Muslims were viewed as assimilated in Canadian society, social exclusion of Muslims and religious resentment toward Muslims decreased. Furthermore, religious resentment mediated the association between Muslims’ perceived acculturation strategies and social exclusion only when Muslims were perceived as assimilated. Our findings suggest that Canadian majority-group members indicated positive attitude toward Muslims when they were identified as assimilated in Canadian society. Results are discussed in terms of implications for future studies and intergroup relations. |
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spelling | pubmed-97246252022-12-07 Cultural similarity predicts social inclusion of Muslims in Canada: A vignette-based experimental survey Tahir, Hajra Safdar, Saba Front Psychol Psychology Based on acculturation psychology and intergroup emotions theory, the current experimental study assessed the effects of Muslims’ perceived acculturation strategies by the majority group on social exclusion of Muslims in Canada, and to what extent religious resentment mediated the relationship between Muslims’ perceived acculturation strategies and social exclusion. The experimental study used a vignette-based approach. This model was examined among 190 non-Muslim Canadians. Results showed that when Muslims were viewed as assimilated in Canadian society, social exclusion of Muslims and religious resentment toward Muslims decreased. Furthermore, religious resentment mediated the association between Muslims’ perceived acculturation strategies and social exclusion only when Muslims were perceived as assimilated. Our findings suggest that Canadian majority-group members indicated positive attitude toward Muslims when they were identified as assimilated in Canadian society. Results are discussed in terms of implications for future studies and intergroup relations. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9724625/ /pubmed/36483720 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.973603 Text en Copyright © 2022 Tahir and Safdar. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Tahir, Hajra Safdar, Saba Cultural similarity predicts social inclusion of Muslims in Canada: A vignette-based experimental survey |
title | Cultural similarity predicts social inclusion of Muslims in Canada: A vignette-based experimental survey |
title_full | Cultural similarity predicts social inclusion of Muslims in Canada: A vignette-based experimental survey |
title_fullStr | Cultural similarity predicts social inclusion of Muslims in Canada: A vignette-based experimental survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Cultural similarity predicts social inclusion of Muslims in Canada: A vignette-based experimental survey |
title_short | Cultural similarity predicts social inclusion of Muslims in Canada: A vignette-based experimental survey |
title_sort | cultural similarity predicts social inclusion of muslims in canada: a vignette-based experimental survey |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9724625/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36483720 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.973603 |
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