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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 PedersenA 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.
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International journal for the psychology of religionVolume
25Issue
3Pagination
230 - 246Publisher
Taylor and FrancisLocation
Oxford, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1532-7582eISSN
1532-7582Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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