Anticipated and achieved individual mobility amongst Portuguese immigrants in Switzerland: Social identity adjustment and inter-minority relations

Article Article scientifique Article Anticipated and achieved individual mobility amongst Portuguese immigrants in Switzerland: Social identity adjustment and inter-minority relations eng 2024-03-20 2024-03-20 author Chipeaux Marion 0000-0002-3676-6337 704294 author Kulich Clara 0000-0002-9483-2128 541933 Section de psychologie (PSICO) author Iacoviello-Frederic Vincenzo 0000-0002-6654-8330 633991 Section de psychologie (PSICO) Vincenzo Iacoviello author Politi Emanuele 0000-0002-8577-3197 798410 author Lorenzi-Cioldi Fabio 0000-0003-3513-5178 26433 Section de psychologie (PSICO) e9465 10.32872/spb.9465 2569-653X https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/9465 <p>Socially mobile minority members (i.e., those who acquire a higher status membership) adjust their social identities, and eventually show negative attitudes towards minorities, as compared to non-mobile members. We examined whether these changes could be understood as the result of individual mobility achievements, or if they already occur at an earlier stage of the mobility process, when individuals are motivated and thus psychologically anticipate achieving mobility. In two studies, we looked at Portuguese immigrants in Switzerland (Ns = 180 and 241) at three mobility stages, that is, (1) Swiss naturalized Portuguese immigrants (socially mobile), (2) non-naturalized Portuguese who strongly wished to be naturalized (high anticipators), and (3) those who wished it less (low anticipators). First, we hypothesized a progressive assimilation to (distancing from) the Swiss (Portuguese) identity and culture (from the low anticipators to the high anticipators to the mobile). As expected, increasing levels of individual mobility were associated with stronger identification with Swiss identity and adoption of the Swiss culture. Conversely, increasing levels of individual mobility were associated with gradual distancing from the Portuguese culture, but against expectations, not with disidentification from the Portuguese identity. Second, we investigated how individual mobility stages were associated with a progressive deterioration of inter-minority relations. Results showed that increasing levels of individual mobility were not associated with more negative attitudes toward immigration (Study 1) but with less collective action intentions (Study 2). We discuss the consequences of anticipated and achieved individual mobility on asymmetric intergroup relations and support for social change.</p> Individual mobility Naturalization Social identity adjustment Acculturation strategy Inter-minority relations Dewey 150 Swiss National Science Foundation Negotiating identities: Minority groups handling social status improvements” 100014_149197 108 Section de psychologie 71 false 1367 Groupe de recherche sur les relations intergroupes et l'identité sociale (RIIS) Social psychological bulletin 19 cfa28c5e-efd9-4a18-bebc-ca17c4bec515 Article (Published version) Public Article-scientifique-from-unpaywall.pdf 598698 application/pdf CC BY d22d841aa9c497b70a2418a3640982c8f07b96728eaf9be1d0adc990d60f75db openAccess Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie

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