title: Mediating and moderating processes in the relationship between multicultural ideology and attitudes towards immigrants in emerging adults.
abstract: Few studies examine intercultural relations in emerging adulthood. Framed from the perspective of the Mutual Intercultural Relations in Plural Societies (MIRIPS) project, the current paper examined the mediating role of tolerance and perceived consequences of immigration in the relationship between multicultural ideology and attitudes towards immigrants. Additionally, the moderating role of context was analysed. A two-group structural equation modelling was performed on data collected from 305 Italian emerging adults living both in northern and in southern Italy with different socio-political climates towards immigrants. In both groups, tolerance and perceived consequences of immigration mediated the relationship between multicultural ideology and attitudes towards immigrants. Also, this indirect relationship was significantly higher for the northern than southern Italians. These findings provide provisional evidence of mediating and moderating processes in the relationship between multicultural ideology and attitudes towards immigrants and suggest important implications for practitioners interested in promoting intercultural relations among emerging adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological, Educational and Training Sciences, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Musso
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological, Educational and Training Sciences, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Inguglia
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological, Educational and Training Sciences, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Alida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lo Coco
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Albiero
authors.affiliation: Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.|Higher School of Economics, National Research University, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Berry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Attitudes towards immigrants; Emerging adults; Multicultural ideology; Perceived consequences of immigration; Tolerance