The Big Five Personality Traits and Attitudes towards Immigrants
Abstract
Recent research suggests that the Big Five personality traits are important determinants of a wide range of political and social attitudes. In spite of this, the impact of personality traits on attitudes towards immigrants has been unattended in sociological research. On the basis of insights from personality psychology, we extend the sociological approach to immigrant-specific prejudice by analysing the effects of personality using a large and nationally representative sample of the Dutch population. Moreover, we consider personality jointly with situational predictors of attitudes towards immigrants. The results confirm that some personality traits are associated with attitudes towards immigrants, beyond the effect of socio-economic, attitudinal and contact predictors. We conclude that combining insights from sociology and personality psychology in the study of dispositional and situational determinants of attitudes towards immigration is a fruitful avenue for research.
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Neuroticism is a significant predictor of more negative attitudes toward immigrants.
“whereas neuroticism is a significant predictor of more negative attitudes (Gallego & Pardos-Prado 2014, Hodson & Dhont 2015).”
From Prejudice and Discrimination Toward Immigrants (2021) · cites this paper as Gallego & Pardos-Prado 2014
Agreeableness and openness to experience are significant predictors of more positive attitudes toward immigrants.
“there is evidence to suggest that agreeableness and openness to experience are significant predictors of more positive attitudes toward immigrants”
From Prejudice and Discrimination Toward Immigrants (2021) · cites this paper as Gallego & Pardos-Prado 2014
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- Authors
- Gallego, A., & Pardos-Prado, S.
- Corresponding author
- Gallego, Aina
- ORCID
- Gallego, Aina
- Venue
- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-08-19
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 79-99
- ISSN
- 1369-183X (ISSN-L)
- 1469-9451
- OpenAlex
- W1991741496
- Cited by
- 144
- References
- 76
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 20.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- Big Five personality traits, attitudes toward immigrants, prejudice against immigrants, immigration attitudes, socio-economic determinants, intergroup contact, Dutch population
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