Predictors of majority members' acculturation preferences: Experimental evidence

Zagefka, Hanna; Tip, Linda K.; González, Roberto; Brown, Rupert; Cinnirella, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2011.12.006

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“…() found that Italians with stronger prejudice wanted immigrants to assimilate, whereas people with lower levels of prejudice wanted immigrants to integrate. On the other hand, in a study where Pakistani minority members indicated their cultural preferences, British participants favored integration more when it was in line with the minority preference; however, this was also moderated by the level of prejudice such that participants preferred integration when prejudice was low (Zagefka, Tip, Gonzalez, Brown, & Cinnirella, ). Accordingly, we conceptualized this relation from the opposite direction and tested whether learning about Syrian refugees’ preferred acculturation type would affect American's attitudes toward them, because much political and media discourse around refugees promotes the idea that refugees cannot fit into American society, and their cultural heritage corrupts American culture and values (Ogan, Pennington, Venger, & Metz, ).…”

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Social Distance toward Syrian Refugees: The Role of Intergroup Anxiety in Facilitating Positive Relations

Koç

Anderson

2018

Journal of Social Issues

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The number of asylum seekers and refugees across the world is rapidly increasing. Negative attitudes toward these groups are globally prevalent and typically hostile because most receiving country citizens perceive them to be a security threat and an economic burden. This paper aims to understand the antecedents of negative attitudes toward a large refugee group currently garnering a great deal of attention-Syrian refugees, and experimentally test ways to ameliorate negative attitudes. In Study 1 (N = 122), we investigated predictors of social distance-as a proxy for prejudice-and found right-wing authoritarianism and intergroup anxiety to be significant predictors. In Study 2 (N = 162), we tested whether perceived acculturation orientation would predict social distance and found that Americans were less prejudiced toward Syrians who preferred to assimilate rather than integrate. Finally, in Study 3 (N = 153), we tested if a form of vicarious contact could reduce social distance via reduced intergroup anxiety; we found initial evidence for this mediation link. We discussed the potential for the vicarious contact intervention to foster positive intergroup relations and contribute to refugee wellbeing.

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Social Distance toward Syrian Refugees: The Role of Intergroup Anxiety in Facilitating Positive Relations

Koç

Anderson

2018

Journal of Social Issues

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“…The former two strategies indicate that the host culture is valued to the extent that immigrants want to adopt it. When immigrants value the host culture and identity, native children feel valued by them and this can lead to a more favorable attitude toward immigrant peers (Zagefka, Tip, Gonzalez, Brown, & Cinnirella, ). In general, research has shown that when another person is perceived to have a positive attitude toward the social self this results in more positive attitudes toward this person (Curtis & Miller, ).…”

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“…For testing these hypotheses and following other studies (Maisonneuve & Teste, ; Van Acker & Vanbeselaere, ; Van Oudenhoven et al., ; Zagefka et al., ), we used vignettes presenting peers as adopting a separation, integration, or assimilation acculturation strategy. Compared to acculturation scales, the vignette method has the advantage of being more realistic and understandable for children and less sensitive to social desirable responding (Maisonneuve & Teste, ).…”

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Majority Children's Evaluation of Acculturation Preferences of Immigrant and Emigrant Peers

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Using an experimental design, native majority group children (8-13 years, N = 842) evaluated acculturation strategies (assimilation, integration, and separation) adopted by immigrant and emigrant peers. There were medium to large effects of the perceived acculturation strategies on children's peer evaluations. Overall, assimilation was valued most, followed by integration and separation. These effects were in part mediated by perceived national belonging. In addition, the effects were stronger for lower status compared to higher status immigrant groups, and for children with higher compared to lower national identification. For emigrants, separation was valued most, followed by integration and assimilation. This indicates that the intergroup processes rather than migration per se are important for children's acculturation perceptions and evaluations.

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“…The Italian dyads, in line with the immigrant dyads, perceived that immigrants preferred the option of integration, although there was an evident tendency towards assimilation. Regarding the perceptions of the host culture, Zagefka, Tip, Gonzales, Brown, and Cinnirella (2012) explain how it is possible that local residents, perceiving the intention of immigrants to adopt their culture, are more willing to open up to them.…”

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Family acculturation in host and immigrant couples: Dyadic research in an Italian context

2018

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The purpose of this research is to study acculturation strategies and attitudes in central and peripheral domains of host and immigrant couples in an Italian context. The participants were 60 dyads (30 host couples and 30 immigrant couples) who completed a questionnaire based on the Relative Acculturation Extended Model (RAEM). Based on the analysis, we found that the general acculturation attitude preferred by immigrant couples is integration, and Italian couples prefer that immigrants adopt it. Furthermore, Italian partners show moderate internal agreement, whereas immigrant couples show a high degree of agreement. In both groups, the level of agreement between dyadic members is only partially determined by their membership within a social group. The socio-cultural context has a significant role in the internal similarity of Italian couples. In contrast, there is dyadic agreement within immigrant couples.

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Predictors of majority members' acculturation preferences: Experimental evidence

Cited by 41 publications

References 43 publications

Social Distance toward Syrian Refugees: The Role of Intergroup Anxiety in Facilitating Positive Relations

Social Distance toward Syrian Refugees: The Role of Intergroup Anxiety in Facilitating Positive Relations

Majority Children's Evaluation of Acculturation Preferences of Immigrant and Emigrant Peers

Family acculturation in host and immigrant couples: Dyadic research in an Italian context

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