Attitudes Toward Active Minorities: The Effect of Rights-Claiming Efforts by Immigrants on the Intergroup Attitudes of Majority Group Members.

ABSTRACT: Evidence has shown that rights-claiming initiatives by disadvantaged groups can elicit negative (reactionary) responses from the advantaged. The present work analyzes the effect of rights-claiming initiatives of a disadvantaged minority group (Moroccan immigrants) on the stereotypes, emotions, behavioral intentions, and support for collective actions manifested by the advantaged majority group (Spaniards) toward them. Following a mixed-methods sequential exploratory design, one qualitative (Study 1) and two experimental studies (Study 2 and 3) were conducted. Furthermore, we examine the differential effect of rights-claiming initiatives and upward social mobility (Study 2; N = 683) and the influence of group membership and different levels of vindication on attitudes toward the rights-clai

SUBMITTER: Constantin AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12790108 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature