Understandings of national identity and outgroup attitudes in culturally diverse Mauritius |
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| Institution: | 1. Utrecht University, Ercomer, the Netherlands;1. School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast, University Road, BT7 1NN, Belfast, United Kingdom;2. Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany;3. Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom;1. Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada;2. School of Psychology, National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation;3. Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada;4. Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, 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 Świat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, Poland |
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| Abstract: | This study investigated understandings of national group belonging in relation to attitudes toward foreign and established outgroups in Mauritius. Representative data were collected among the three numerically largest ethno-cultural groups (Hindus, Muslims, and Creoles; Ntotal = 1770) and results confirmed a distinction between “being,” “doing,” and “feeling” Mauritian among all three groups, with some small differences for Creoles compared to Hindus and Muslims. Furthermore, “being” Mauritian was not significantly related to attitudes toward established and foreign outgroups. In contrast, the “doing” understanding was negatively associated with both attitudes, and the “feeling” understanding showed positive associations with both outgroup attitudes among all three participant groups. The findings make a novel contribution to the literature on how people understand national identity, how these understandings differ between ethno-cultural groups within a nation, and how these relate to attitudes toward foreign as well as established outgroups. |
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| Keywords: | National identity Mauritius Outgroup attitudes Cultural diversity |
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