Outgroup Evaluation, Religious Identity, and Acculturation Orientations of the Coptic Minority in Egypt

The first aim of this study was to explore the acculturation orientations, assessed in employment and endogamy/exogamy domains, adopted by Coptic minority towards Muslims (dominant majority group) and Protestants (another minority group) in Egypt. The second aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between religious identity, evaluative attitude towards outgroup and acculturation orientations of Copts. Results showed that adoption of acculturation orientations differs widely according to domain, while little differences are noticed depending on the outgroup. Moreover, religious identity appears more related to endogamy/exogamy domain, whereas evaluative attitude is more related to employment domain.