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Anti-immigrant prejudice: Understanding the roles of (perceived) values and value dissimilarity.

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Wolf, Lukas J., Weinstein, Netta, Maio, Gregory R.·2019·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Although human values and value dissimilarity play pivotal roles in the prejudice literature, there remain important gaps in our understanding. To address these gaps, we recruited three British samples (N = 350) and presented Muslim immigrants, refugees, and economic migrants as target groups. Using polynomial regression analyses, we simultaneously tested effects of individuals' own values, their perceptions of immigrant values, and self-immigrant value dissimilarities on prejudice. Results indicated that favorability toward immigrants is higher when individuals hold higher self-transcendence values (e.g., equality) and lower self-enhancement values (e.g., power), and when they perceive immigrants to hold higher self-transcendence values and lower self-enhancement values. In addition, prejudice toward immigrants is higher when individuals who hold higher conservation values (e.g., security) perceive immigrants to value openness (e.g., freedom) more, suggesting a value dissimilarity effect. No value dissimilarity effects emerged when immigrants were perceived to be higher in conservation, self-transcendence, or self-enhancement values. Overall, these results showed that effects of values and value dissimilarity differ depending on which value dimension is considered. Additionally, the results revealed support for a novel mechanism with the motivation to be nonprejudiced underpinning the links between individuals' values and prejudice. Our discussion highlights the multifaceted manner in which values are linked to prejudice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

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  • False polarization might become a self-fulfilling prophecy, increasing affective and/or ideological polarization over time because prejudice can arise from even the illusory perception of dissimilarity between in-group and out-group members.

    “That is, false polarization might increase affective and/or ideological polarization over time156 because prejudice can arise from even the illusory perception of dissimilarity between in-group and out-group members89,155,157.”

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Authors
Wolf, L. J., Weinstein, N., & Maio, G. R.
Affiliations
  • University of Bath (GB)
  • Cardiff University (GB)
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Published
2019-11
Volume
117
Issue
5
Pages
925-953
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
OpenAlex
W2903112294
Cited by
74
References
102
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 2
FWCI
14.60
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journal article
Language
en
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other-oa
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  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Pure (University of Bath) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (acceptedVersion)
  • CentAUR (University of Reading) (acceptedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Keywords
prejudice against immigrants, human values, self-transcendence, self-enhancement, conservation, openness to experience, Muslim immigrants, refugees, economic migrants
MeSH terms
Humans, Islam, Motivation, Prejudice, White People, Emigrants and Immigrants

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