A Study on the Impact of an individual’s Sense of Local Belonging on the Social Inclusion Toward Social Minorities : Focusing on the Moderating Effect of Social Participation

This study aims to examine the relation between an individual’s local identity and the inclusion toward social minorities, exploring on the moderating effect of social participation. Applying Social Identity theory, this study provides empirical evidence on whether local identity expresses as a common in-group identity. Using data set from the ‘Social integration survey’ on 2023, this study shows the following results; (1) local identity(sense of belonging) and social inclusion toward social minorities shows a negative relation; (2) local participation out of bonding participation has positive moderating effect on social inclusiveness, while alumni association has non-significant effect; (3) bridging participation has positive moderating effect on social minority. These results suggest that it is necessary to consider the attributes of social participation as well as individual’s sense of belonging toward local community, in order to enhance social inclusion for social minority groups.