Te impact of "laicité" on perceived discrimination, identity integration and acculturation of Muslim women in France

• Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves, Laura Esteves
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/30856
• topic: Aculturação -- Acculturation; Laicidade; Identity; Discriminação -- Discrimination; identidade

There is an increasing debate on the visibility of Muslim communities in France and specifically about the use of the veil in public spaces, invoking the principle of laicité.The aim of the current study was to analyze the impact of different forms of the cultural norm of laicité (new laicité and traditional laicité) on the acculturation orientations, perceived discrimination and perceived identity compatibility of Muslim women in France. Participants (N = 74) were randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions: traditional laicité, new laicité, and a control, unrelated condition. Overall, results showed that both new and traditional forms of laicité had a negative impact on identity compatibility, such that participants in those conditions reported lower perceived identity compatibility relative to those in the control condition. No other main effects of condition were found for perceived discrimination and acculturation orientations. Importantly, mediation analysis showed that new and traditional laicité (vs control) had a detrimental impact on identity compatibility, which in turn was associated with lower adoption of the French culture and lower culture maintenance in public domains.