Majority–minority acculturation preferences concordance as an antecedent of attitudes towards immigrants: The mediating role of perceived symbolic threat and metastereotypes |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Education and Psychology, University of Florence, Via di San Salvi, 12, Pad. 26, 50135 Florence, Italy;2. Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Via di San Salvi, 12, Pad. 26, 50135 Florence, Italy;3. School of Psychology, Sussex University, Pevensey 1, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK;1. Institute of Archaeological and Monumental Heritage, National Research Council (CNR), Potenza, Italy;2. Instituto de Geociencias (CSIC, UCM), Spanish Research Council (CSIC) and Complutense University of Madrid, Jose Antonio Novais 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain;1. Utrecht University, Department of Cultural Diversity and Youth, Padualaan 14 room B2.17, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. Utrecht University, Department of Cultural Diversity and Youth, Padualaan 14 room B2.11, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands;3. Utrecht University, Department of Cultural Diversity and Youth, Padualaan 14 room B2.10, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands;1. Communication Department, Saint Mary''s College of California, United States;2. Department of Communication Studies, University of Kansas, United States |
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| Abstract: | Through an experimental design, we investigated the effects of majority–minority acculturation preferences concordance and immigrants’ generational status on Italians’ attitudes towards Albanian immigrants. The role of perceived threat and metastereotypes in mediating this relationship was examined. Participants (N = 178) were categorized into different levels of culture maintenance and intercultural contact concordance. Findings showed that discrepancies in the contact dimension affected majority members’ attitudes towards immigrants. Both perceived threat and metastereotypes were found to mediate the relationship between contact discrepancies and attitudes towards immigrants. Culture maintenance concordance interacted with immigrants’ generational status in influencing majority members’ attitudes. This research confirmed the importance of taking into account the dynamic and reciprocal relationship between majority and immigrant acculturation preferences, confirming that the most positive attitudes were produced when immigrants were perceived to adopt the same strategy as the majority, especially with respect to intergroup contact. |
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| Keywords: | Acculturation Concordance Generational status Perceived threat Metastereotype |
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