Feeling, thinking, acting: The role of subjective social class and social class identity on emotions, attitudes and prosocial behavior towards muslim immigrants in Belgium

Most research investigating how receiving communities perceive and experience migration has overlooked the potential role of subjective social class and social class identity in positive intergroup relations and social cohesion of migrants and host societies. The present study aimed to provide novel insights to understand this relationship and focused on three important features: prosocial behaviour, attitudes and emotions towards Muslim immigrants in Flanders, Belgium. Building on relative deprivation-gratification theory we examined the indirect relationships of subjective social class on pr... Mehr ...