title: The Role of Values in Attitudes towards Violence: Discrimination against Moroccans and Romanian Gypsies in Spain.
abstract: The first objective of this study was to investigate whether police violence is more tolerated when the victim is a member of a social minority (e.g., Moroccan immigrants and Romanian Gypsies in Spain) than when the victim is a member of the social majority (e.g., Spaniards). The second objective was to use Schwartz value theory to examine the moderating role of values on attitudes towards tolerance of police violence. The participants were 207 sociology and social work students from a public university in Madrid. Overall, in this study, police violence was more accepted when the victim was a member of a social minority; F(2, 206) = 77.91, p = .001, ηp 2 = 0.433, and in general, values moderated this acceptance. Thus, greater adherence to the conservation and self-promotion values subsystems would strengthen support for police violence towards a social minority member. On the other hand, greater adherence to the openness to change and self-transcendence subsystems diminish this support.
authors: Universidad Complutense(Spain).
authors: José Luis
authors: JL
authors: Álvaro
authors: Universidade Federal da Paraíba(Brazil).
authors: Thiago
authors: T
authors: Morais de Oliveira
authors: Universidade Federal da Paraíba(Brazil).
authors: Ana Raquel Rosas
authors: AR
authors: Torres
authors: Universidade de Lisboa(Portugal).
authors: Cicero
authors: C
authors: Pereira
authors: Universidad Complutense(Spain).
authors: Alicia
authors: A
authors: Garrido
authors: Universidade Federal da Paraíba(Brazil).
authors: Leoncio
authors: L
authors: Camino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D009018:Morocco / Q000208:ethnology; D011287:Prejudice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006178:Romani People / Q000208:ethnology; D012383:Romania / Q000208:ethnology; D012945:Social Values / Q000208:ethnology*; D013030:Spain / Q000208:ethnology; D014754:Violence / Q000208:ethnology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: ethnic discrimination; police violence; social prejudice; values