Multiculturalism and Attitudes Toward Immigrants: The Impact of Perceived Cultural Distance
Multiculturalism and Attitudes Toward Immigrants: The Impact of Perceived Cultural Distance
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DOI：
10.1177/0022022117730828
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发表时间：
2018-07-01
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3
通讯作者：
Reynolds, Kate
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作者：
Mahfud, Yara;Badea, Constantina;Reynolds, Kate
多元文化主义可以以不同的方式解释，对大多数成员对移民群体的态度产生不同的影响。思考为什么多元文化主义的广泛目标对社会很重要，可能会减少外界的威胁感和偏见态度。相比之下，思考这些目标如何才能实现可能会引发导致偏见的威胁感。在法国和荷兰进行的这项实验研究的目的是研究这两个多元文化主义的态度对移民的影响，以及这些影响是否取决于感知的文化距离。研究结果表明，关注为什么多元文化对社会很重要，对于那些感知文化距离相对较高的人来说，对移民群体的态度更有益。相比之下，关注如何实现多元文化主义的目标对那些认为文化距离相对较低的人的态度产生了更不利的影响。
Multiculturalism can be construed in different ways with different effects on majority members' attitudes toward immigrant-origin groups. Thinking about why the broad goals of multiculturalism are important for society might reduce feelings of outgroup threat and less prejudicial attitudes. In contrast, thinking about how exactly these goals can be accomplished might evoke feelings of threat that lead to prejudice. The aim of this experimental research conducted in France and the Netherlands was to examine the effect of these two construals of multiculturalism of attitudes toward immigrants and whether these effects depend on perceived cultural distance. The findings show that a focus on why multiculturalism is important for society is more beneficial for attitudes toward immigrant-origin groups for people perceiving relatively high cultural distance. In contrast, a focus on how the goals of multiculturalism can be accomplished has a more detrimental effect on attitudes for people perceiving relatively low cultural distance.