PUB - Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld

The perception of rejection is a crucial factor for minorities’ feelings of belonging toward their ethnonational identities that can be more critical for their political participation than the legal frameworks of naturalisation (i.e., becoming a citizen). In social psychology, however, researchers mainly examine perceived discrimination by quantifying its subjective level, as if it is a unidimensional phenomenon. However, the source and cause of rejection matter for intergroup relations. In pilot study, we elaborated rejection with two sub-factors, namely the appraisal of threat and causal attribution via experimental vignettes in a pre-registered survey experiment (N = 217). We showed that the locus of causal attribution changes dual identification via latent measures among a Turkish postmigrant sample. Furthermore, both appraisals of threat and causal attribution had a main effect on political participation. These initial findings show that apart from the quantity, the quality of rejection is essential for the sense of belonging and political participation of migrant minorities. In the second pre-registered correlational study, we aim to replicate our initial findings in a broader sample consisting of Russian and Turkish postmigrants via an online survey with ameliorated measurements.