Understanding Ethnic Minorities in Eastern Europe

Stroschein, S

doi:10.4324/9781315687681-16

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“…These groups are not commonly studied in the SCM and the BIAS map scholarship. When compared with the Roma, the Hungarian ethnic minority in Slovakia enjoys a higher status, which is reflected in their standard of living that is similar to that of the Slovak majority; in the extensive system of schools with Hungarian language instruction; well-organized Hungarian ethnic political parties that have repeatedly formed part of governing coalitions; and the vigorous political, economic and cultural support of their kin-state—Hungary ( Stroschein, 2018 ). In contrast, the Roma communities in Slovakia suffer from extreme poverty, social exclusion, and spatial segregation ( Rochovská and Rusnáková, 2018 ).…”

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The Impact of Response Instruction and Target Group on the BIAS Map

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Response instructions—inviting participants to respond from a certain perspective—can significantly influence the performance and construct validity of psychological measures. Stereotype Content Model (SCM) and then the BIAS map (“behaviors from intergroup affect and stereotypes”) were originally developed as universal measures of shared cultural stereotypes—participants’ perceptions of what most of the people in a society think about the target group—and their related social-structural antecedents, emotions and behavioral tendencies. Yet a number of studies have adopted a different response instruction focusing on individual stereotypes—what the participants personally think about the target group. So far, there is little evidence to suggest how these two different response instructions (individual vs. shared cultural perspective) might influence the performance of the BIAS map, especially when applied to target groups that elicit different normative and social desirability concerns. To provide novel evidence, we conducted an experiment with a representative sample of ethnic Slovaks ( N = 1269). In a 2 × 2 factorial design, we found response instruction (individual vs. shared cultural perspective) and target group [stigmatized ethnic minority (the Roma) vs. non-stigmatized ethnic minority (the Hungarians)] had significant effects on the BIAS map and their interaction had significant effects on the social structure and behavioral tendencies (but not on stereotypes and emotions) scales. Exploratory analysis also points to partial influence on the mediation hypothesis underlying the BIAS map and minor effects on its scale properties. Our evidence suggests that the difference between individual stereotypes and shared cultural stereotypes partially depends on the target group in question and that they should be treated as two potentially separate constructs.

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“…The Hungarian national minority receives institutional support in Slovakia: there are Hungarianlanguage newspapers, radio stations, television channels, cultural clubs, theatres, primary and secondary schools, and Hungarians can study in Hungarian at the tertiary level in some universities. They also receive cultural support from their kin state -Hungary (Stroschein, 2018). Minority members have a double sense of belonging: a formal one, to which they are linked by citizenship, and a cultural one, through which they are emotionally attached to another nation (Culic, 1999).…”

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“…Relations between the Slovak majority and Hungarian minority largely meet Allport's criteria for fruitful contact. Slovak Hungarians are institutionally supported and have similar status and the same standard of living in Slovakia as the majority population (Stroschein, 2018). 3 The criteria of personal contact, cooperation, and common goals are met on the regional/community level, where Slovaks and Slovak Hungarians have the opportunity to meet, achieve common goals, and to build friendships (i.e.…”

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Attitudes and relations between the Slovak majority and the Hungarian minority in Slovakia

Belán

Popper

2022

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The article concerns relations between Slovaks and the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. The aim of this study is to determine current Slovak attitudes towards the Slovak Hungarians and to analyse differences in attitudes held by Slovaks in regular direct contact with the Hungarian minority and those with almost no contact. Another aim is to map current attitudes among the Hungarian minority towards the Slovak majority, and to find out how Slovak attitudes are perceived by the minority. The data collection methods were a survey (N = 107) and focus group interviews (N = 36). The results show that Slovaks in regular contact with Slovak Hungarians have significantly more positive general feelings, are less socially distant, and feel less anxious about the Hungarian minority than Slovaks with almost no contact. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in terms of trust and behavioural intention. Group interviews with Slovaks and Slovak Hungarians showed that the biggest obstacle in relations between Slovaks and the Hungarian minority is first language use and the language barrier.

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“…Slovak Hungarians are not as much of a prejudiced minority in Slovakia than the Roma or immigrants as a whole. They have a similar standard of living as Slovaks, have an extensive Hungarian language school system, ethnic political parties, and cultural, political, and economic support of their national state of Hungary (Stroschein, 2018). There is minimal literature about the threats posed by this out-group.…”

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Identifying intergroup threats in the attitudes of young Slovaks toward ethnic minorities

Belán¹,

Popper²

2021

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Perceived threats from out-groups play a significant role in negative intergroup relations. The aim of our study was to explore what types of threats young Slovaks feel from three out-groups: immigrants from African and Arab countries, the Roma, and Slovak Hungarians. By conducting six focus groups (N = 42) with university students (M = 22), we identified several concerns about these out-groups. We found out that they can be categorized into four threat types in line with Stephan et al. ( 2009): (1) symbolic group threats, (2) symbolic individual threats, (3) realistic group threats, and (4) realistic individual threats. However, we identified threats which have not been identified in previous threat literature, e. g. language barrier, sexual harassment, and annoyance, or were not researched as threat, e. g. theft, abuse of social system, and lack of trust. Therefore, we aim to develop a new measure which allows researchers to focus on a broader scale of perceived threats in prejudice reduction. As we have explored different concerns posed by different out-groups, we argue that in prejudice reduction it is important to focus on those threats that are felt by the majority from a particular out-group, and not to perceive intergroup threat as one general factor.

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Understanding Ethnic Minorities in Eastern Europe

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

The Impact of Response Instruction and Target Group on the BIAS Map

The Impact of Response Instruction and Target Group on the BIAS Map

Attitudes and relations between the Slovak majority and the Hungarian minority in Slovakia

Identifying intergroup threats in the attitudes of young Slovaks toward ethnic minorities

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