Relationship between bilingual experiences and social biases: the moderating role of motivation to respond without prejudice

• Sofía Castro ^[1] ; Patrycja Kałamała ^[2] ; Marcin Bukowski ^[1] ; Zofia Wodniecka ^[1]
  1. [1] Jagiellonian University

     Jagiellonian University

     Kraków, Polonia

     
  2. [2] Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA
• Localización: Bilingualism: Language and cognition, ISSN 1366-7289, Vol. 28, Nº 2, 2025, págs. 535-549
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1017/S1366728924000543
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• Resumen

  • Previous studies have reported fewer social biases in bilinguals compared to monolinguals. However, it is unclear whether the expression of social biases varies across the bilingualism spectrum. This article investigates the connections between different dimensions of bilingual experience and the expression of explicit bias. We analyzed the responses of 389 bilinguals to a battery of questionnaires on bilingual and multicultural experiences, explicit bias, internal and external motivation to respond without prejudice and executive control. The results show that more diverse language-use and language-learning experiences were associated with lower explicit bias among bilinguals who had lower internal motivation to respond without prejudice (i.e., motivation driven by personal values). This study presents novel evidence on the relationships between bilingual experiences and the expression of social biases.

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