Perceptions of national identity and attitudes toward immigrants and immigration in Canada and Germany |
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| Authors: | Victoria M Esses Ulrich Wagner Carina Wolf Matthias Preiser Christopher J Wilbur |
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| Institution: | aDepartment of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5C2;bPhilipps-Universitat Marburg |
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| Abstract: | In the current research, we examined whether promoting an inclusive national ingroup that includes both immigrants and nonimmigrants would improve attitudes toward immigrants and immigration among members of receiving societies. We also determined whether one's nation of citizenship and individual differences in social dominance orientation would moderate the effects. Participants were 126 Canadian students and 282 German students, who completed a measure of social dominance orientation and were then asked to respond to a series of questions designed to heighten the salience of national identity (national identity), promote a national ingroup that includes immigrants (common national ingroup), or irrelevant questions (control). The dependent measures included attitudes toward immigrants and immigration, and subtle prejudice toward immigrants. Results revealed that the manipulation of a common national ingroup successfully promoted more positive attitudes toward immigrants and immigration among higher social dominance oriented Canadian participants, but tended to have detrimental effects on the attitudes of higher social dominance oriented German participants. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of considering the context in which groups are situated, as well as implications for developing strategies to promote harmony between immigrants and members of receiving societies. |
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| Keywords: | Immigrants Immigration National identity Common ingroup identity model Social dominance orientation Threat Canada Germany |
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