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Painting all foreigners with one brush? How the salience of muslims and refugees shapes judgements

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Wallrich, Lukas, West, Keon, Rutland, Adam·2020·Journal of Social and Political Psychology
DOI 10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1283
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Attitudes towards foreigners are widely researched, most frequently in survey studies. However, in that context it is often unclear which attitude object respondents have in mind, and thus what their answers refer to. This paper uses a representative sample of 3,195 Germans who reported which groups they think of when thinking about foreigners living in Germany. We found that Germans disproportionately think of groups who are Muslim, and that such salience is associated with more negative attitudes towards “foreigners.” This holds true when controlling for attitudes towards Muslims; in fact, thinking of Muslim groups when thinking about foreigners moderates the relationship between anti-Muslim and anti-foreigner attitudes. The relationships were weaker when respondents think of Turks, a large and long-standing minority in Germany, suggesting an attenuation of the links through familiarity or intergroup contacts. No relationship was found between thinking of refugees and attitudes towards foreigners. Implications for research are discussed, particularly regarding the interpretation of self-reported attitudes towards foreigners and the study of populist strategies.

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  • In a representative sample of Germans, when asked whom they think of when thinking about foreigners living in Germany, Germans disproportionately think of Muslims, and this salience is associated with more negative attitudes toward foreigners overall.

    “Wallrich et al. (2020) find that when asked whom they think of when thinking about foreigners living in Germany, Germans disproportionately think of Muslims, and this salience is associated with more negative attitudes toward foreigners overall (see also Asbrock et al. 2014).”

    From Prejudice and Discrimination Toward Immigrants (2021) · cites this paper as Wallrich et al. 2020

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Authors
Wallrich, L., West, K., & Rutland, A.
Affiliations
  • Goldsmiths University of London (GB)
  • University of Exeter (GB)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Publisher
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)
Published
2020-02-28
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
246-265
ISSN
2195-3325 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1283
OpenAlex
W3008078363
Cited by
22
References
37
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3
FWCI
4.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
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  • Journal of Social and Political Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe’s Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London) (acceptedVersion)
  • Goldsmiths Research Online (acceptedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • PschyOpen (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Psychology Archives (cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Populism, Right-Wing Movements
Keywords
attitudes toward foreigners, Muslims, refugees, group salience, anti-foreigner attitudes, Islamophobia, Turks, intergroup contact, familiarity, populist strategies

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