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- Title
Nationality Versus Humanity? Personality, Identity, and Norms in Relation to Attitudes Toward Asylum Seekers.
- Authors
Nickerson, Angela M.; Louis, Winnifred R.
- Abstract
Right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, Australian and human identity salience, and perceived Australian and human norms were related to the attitudes, feelings and behaviors toward asylum seekers of 242 Australian students and activists. Those high in right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation were less welcoming, as were participants who identified strongly as Australians and perceived hostile national norms. Independently, participants who identified strongly as humans were significantly more welcoming to asylum seekers, and an interaction was found such that those who identified strongly as Australians were more welcoming when they also identified strongly as humans. Implications for theories of identity and prejudice are examined, and interventions to reduce conflict by utilizing the human level of identification are discussed.
- Subjects
RIGHT of asylum; POLITICAL refugees; POLITICAL refugees -- Social conditions; SOCIAL perception; SOCIAL comparison; INTERPERSONAL relations; CONDUCT of life -- Social aspects; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2008, Vol 38, Issue 3, p796
- ISSN
0021-9029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00327.x