title: The relative deprivation-gratification continuum and the attitudes of South Africans toward immigrants: a test of the V-curve hypothesis.
abstract: It has long been established that there is a linear and positive relationship between relative deprivation and prejudice. However, a recent experiment suggests that the converse of relative deprivation, relative gratification, may also be associated with prejudice (S. Guimond & M. Dambrun, 2002). Specifically, the evidence suggests that the usual test for a linear relationship between relative deprivation-gratification and prejudice might conceal the existence of a bilinear relationship. This function, labeled the V-curve hypothesis, predicts that both relative deprivation and relative gratification are associated with higher levels of prejudice. This hypothesis was tested with a representative sample of South Africans (N=1,600). Results provide strong support for the V-curve hypothesis. Furthermore, strength of ethnic identification emerged as a partial mediator for the effect of relative gratification on prejudice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. michael.dambrun@univ-bpclermont.fr
authors.forename: Michaël
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dambrun
authors.forename: Donald M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crush
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Méot
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001290:Attitude; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D003625:Data Collection; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011287:Prejudice; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D011639:Public Opinion; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013019:South Africa; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*