“…Pettigrew and Meertens (1995) conducted a cross-national study encompassing seven independent national samples from Western Europe and found a higher manifestation of subtle forms of ethnic prejudice over blatant forms of ethnic prejudice. This finding was confirmed by later studies (De Caroli, Falanga, & Sagone, 2013;Herrero Olaizola, Rodríguez Díaz, & Musitu Ochoa, 2014;White et al, 2009). In their delineation of blatant prejudice, Pettigrew and Meertens (1995) included two components: threat and rejection.…”