Prejudice against international students: the role of threat perceptions and authoritarian dispositions in U.S. students.
International students provide a variety of benefits to higher education institutions within the United States (J. J. Lee, 2007; J. J. Lee & C. Rice, 2007). Despite these benefits, many international students experience prejudice and discrimination by American students. The purpose of the present study was to examine several potential predictors of prejudice against international students: perceptions of international students as symbolic and realistic threats, right-wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation. A simultaneous regression analysis that the authors based on 188 students at a Southwestern university revealed that perceptions of symbolic and realistic threats and social dominance orientation were each positive and significant predictors of prejudice. Mediation analyses suggested that the effects of right-wing authoritarianism on prejudice is fully mediated through perceived symbolic threat and partially mediated by realistic threat.
Charles-Toussaint
Gifflene C
GC
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Oklahoma, USA.
Crowson
H Michael
HM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001318:Authoritarianism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011287:Prejudice; D012930:Social Dominance; D012933:Social Identification; D012945:Social Values; D015206:Southwestern United States; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013561:Symbolism; D023481:Terrorism / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult