title: Predictors and consequences of negative attitudes toward immigrants in Belgium and Turkey: the role of acculturation preferences and economic competition.
abstract: This research tested predictors and consequences of majority members' negative attitudes towards immigrants in Belgium and Turkey. It tested a mediation model in which economic competition and a perceived preference of the immigrants for culture maintenance have negative effects on majority members' own acculturation preference for integration, and where a perceived preference of the immigrants for contact has a positive effect. The effects of all three predictors were hypothesized to be mediated by negative attitudes toward immigrants. Two survey studies were conducted, one in Belgium (N=106) and one in Turkey (N=93). Results showed that, as hypothesized, 'economic competition' and a 'perceived preference for contact' had indirect effects on 'own acculturation preference' for integration, and 'negative attitude' was the mediator. 'Perceived preference for cultural maintenance' had a direct effect on 'own acculturation preference'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK. hanna.zagefka@rhul.ac.uk
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zagefka
authors.forename: Rupert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Murielle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Broquard
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leventoglu Martin
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D035841:Behavioral Research; D001530:Belgium; D003625:Data Collection; D004465:Economic Competition; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009341:Negativism; D011287:Prejudice; D014421:Turkey