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Perspectives on multiculturalism and assimilationism of majority and minority adolescents and their parents in Croatia and Serbia

Purpose. We explored differences among three ethnic groups (Croats, Serbs, and Hungarians) in their ideological attitudes of multiculturalism and assimilationism depending on their majority/minority status in different countries (Croatia and Serbia) and social role (children and parents) of the respondents. Background. In general, minorities hold more positive attitudes toward multiculturalism and less positive toward assimilationism compared to the majority. However, little is known about these ideological attitudes when the same ethnic group holds different status (i. e. majority or -minority ) in different countries, and even less about the possible (ideological) differences among children and their parents. Methods. The participants were 1760 children (age 11-18) and 1706 of their parents who live in four different multiethnic communities in Croatia and in multi-ethnic region of Vojvodina in Serbia. Results. Findings revealed significant differences in ideological attitudes depending on the group status, ethnicity and social role. When being minority, members of the same ethnic group generally held more positive attitudes towards multiculturalism and less positive towards assimilationism than when being majority. As expected, Hungarians, as a minority group in both countries, did not differ in their ideological attitudes. In general, children hold more positive attitudes toward assimilationism and less positive toward multiculturalism than their parents. However, there are some important contextual differences. Conclusions: Results will be discussed by highlighting group status, social role and contextual differences between the two countries, as well as behavioural consequences of ideological attitudes on intergroup relations.

multiculturalism attitudes, assimilationism attitudes, majority-minority perspective, children and parents

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