Identity and linguistic acculturation expectations. The attitudes of Western Catalan high-school students towards Moroccans and Romanians

Sáenz-Hernández, Isabel; Rey, Cecilio Lapresta; Ianos, Adelina; Petreñas, Cristina

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2019.12.001

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“…In Spain and closer to this work, we can highlight the work of García et al (2017) in the Basque Country or Sáenz-Hernández et al (2020, 2021) and Petreñas et al (2021) in Catalonia. García et al (2017) study the influence of ethnolinguistic identity on attitudes towards cultures, languages and language groups in contact in the case of high-school students.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…To understand this result, it is worth noting that different works carried out in the context of this study show how, in the educational domain, Romanians are considered to be mostly non-confrontational and non-threatening. This seems to be a result of Romanians feeling that they have satisfactorily integrated (although in reality, they tend to understand assimilation as integration) (Petreñas et al , 2018; Lapresta-Rey et al , 2019; Sáenz-Hernández et al , 2020, 2021; Petreñas et al , 2021). From this, it can be inferred that a preference for segregation from the majority group may be interpreted as a form of valuation of Romanian culture and their customs in educational settings.…”

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“…They were not standardized because all the variables are measured on the same scale. This technique has been widely used in this kind of studies (Lapresta-Rey et al , 2020; Sáenz-Hernández et al , 2020).…”

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“…In other work with students, Briones et al (2011) concluded that high-school students of the majority group perceive a worse influence on Spanish culture from Ecuadorian and Moroccan culture than the other way around. In the aforementioned studies of García et al (2017) and Sáenz-Hernández et al (2020, 2021), or in the ones of Larrañaga et al (2016) or Montaruli et al (2011), findings showed that students’ opinions towards Moroccans are more negative than towards other groups, such as Romanians.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…In a rather similar vein, but focusing on linguistic acculturation preferences among students in Catalonia, Sáenz-Hernández et al (2020) show how the most integrationist identity prototypes (Spanish/Catalan/dual) are those that develop dual identity constructs. Finally, Petreñas et al (2021) and Sáenz-Hernández et al (2021) show how the acculturation profiles of descendants of migrant students tend to be of integration or assimilation, being largely influenced by how they are perceived by their peers in the majority group.…”

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Purpose Located in Western Catalonia (Spain), the article’s aim is to analyse the acculturation preferences of majority group high-school students towards their peers of Moroccan and Romanian descent. Furthermore, it aims to delve deeper into the influence on the perception of conflict with these groups mediated by cultural enrichment. Design/methodology/approach The data are the result of conducting a questionnaire among 349 autochthonous students enrolled in Compulsory Secondary Education in Catalonia. The data have been analyzed using cluster analysis, ANOVA and mediation analysis. Findings The findings show that a small number of high-school students construct integration acculturation preferences towards Moroccans and Romanians, while the majority of the preferences are of assimilation or segregation. In addition, the perceived conflict is higher for Moroccans than Romanians, and the cultural enrichment is higher for Romanians than for Moroccans. Finally, there is a low mediating effect of cultural enrichment on the relationship between acculturation preferences and degree of conflict. Originality/value The relevance and originality of this article stems from the application of acculturation theory on the construction of acculturation preferences in the educational domain. Additionally, it is a context characterized by an exceptional cultural and linguistic diversity. Furthermore, acculturation preferences, perceived degree of conflict and perceived cultural enrichment are analyzed comparatively regarding descendants of Moroccans and Romanians. This approach has scarcely been used at an international level, and practically never at the Spanish and Catalan level.

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confidence: 83%