Stanojević, Antonia.
(2016).
Consequences of fear: testing the integrated threat theory in the context of prejudice of Croatian students towards Middle Eastern migrants.
Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Psychology.
[mentor Čorkalo Biruški, Dinka].
Abstract
Europe is currently facing the biggest migration crisis since the World War II. However, Croatia holds a somewhat specific position in regards to the migration wave: as the frontier of the European Union for Middle Eastern migrants arriving via the Western Balkan route, it mostly represents a transition zone on their way to the western Europe. Nonetheless, local narrative reveals concerns and prejudice towards migrants, although the number of immigrants and asylum seekers from the Middle East is at this point quite negligible. Hence, the aim of this study is to test the integrated threat theory in explaining prejudice of Croatian students towards Middle Eastern migrants - specifically, to examine the link between national identity and multiculturalism on one hand and prejudice on the other, focusing on the mediating effect of symbolic (value) and realistic (safety) threat and negative stereotypes. For this purpose, 608 Croatian students from 5 Croatian universities filled out an on-line survey. Path analysis was conducted, and the results supported the integrated threat theory: national identity was connected to prejudice indirectly, via symbolic and realistic threat, while multiculturalism was connected to prejudice directly, as well as indirectly, via symbolic and realistic threat and negative stereotypes. Finally, the most powerful mediators were negative stereotypes, then symbolic threat, and the least powerful was realistic threat. In line with the results of the study, prejudice reducing interventions are suggested.
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