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Religious ambivalence: suppression of pro-social attitudes toward asylum seekers by right-wing authoritarianism

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posted on 2015-01-01, 00:00 authored by R Perry, Yin ParadiesYin Paradies, A Pedersen
A survey of 168 White Australian community members examined whether ambivalence toward certain social groups by some religious individuals constituted a suppression effect in which authoritarian motivated prejudice suppressed more pro-social attitudes toward asylum seekers. Using mediation analysis, it was found that Christian religious identity was not significantly associated with prejudice at a bivariate level. However, when Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) was taken into account, Christians (compared with non-Christians) were less likely to hold negative attitudes toward asylum seekers in Australia. Inclusion of acculturation ideologies (assimilation, multiculturalism, and color-blindness) in the models indicated that the suppression effect was specific to RWA rather than due to other intergroup attitudes. However, findings suggest that multiculturalism may be one proximal indicator of Christian pro-sociality.

History

Journal

International journal for the psychology of religion

Volume

25

Pagination

230-246

Location

Oxford, Eng.

ISSN

1532-7582

eISSN

1532-7582

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2015, Taylor and Francis

Issue

3

Publisher

Taylor and Francis