Journal article
Authors list: Davidov, Eldad; Seddig, Daniel; Gorodzeisky, Anastasia; Raijman, Rebeca; Schmidt, Peter; Semyonov, Moshe
Publication year: 2020
Pages: 553-573
Journal: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Volume number: 46
Issue number: 3
ISSN: 1369-183X
eISSN: 1469-9451
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1550152
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
Abstract:
The current study examines the following questions: (1) the extent to which individual basic human values are linked with attitudes towards immigration; (2) whether symbolic threat by immigration mediates this relation; and (3) whether cultural values moderate the relations between individual values, threat, and attitudes towards immigration. The empirical analysis relies on the 2014/2015 data from the immigration module of the European Social Survey (ESS) for West and East European countries. We find that universalistic individuals expressed lower threat due to immigration and higher support of immigration while conservative individuals displayed the opposite pattern. Symbolic threat mediated the association between values and immigration attitudes, but in most countries the mediation was partial. The associations between values, symbolic threat, and attitudes towards immigration were stronger in countries characterised by higher levels of intellectual and affective autonomy and weaker in countries characterised by higher levels of cultural embeddedness. The findings provide support for the centrality of human values in the formation of threat and attitudes towards immigration.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: Davidov, E., Seddig, D., Gorodzeisky, A., Raijman, R., Schmidt, P. and Semyonov, M. (2020) Direct and indirect predictors of opposition to immigration in Europe: individual values, cultural values, and symbolic threat, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46(3), pp. 553-573. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1550152
APA Citation style: Davidov, E., Seddig, D., Gorodzeisky, A., Raijman, R., Schmidt, P., & Semyonov, M. (2020). Direct and indirect predictors of opposition to immigration in Europe: individual values, cultural values, and symbolic threat. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 46(3), 553-573. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1550152
Keywords
affective and intellectual autonomy; ANTI-IMMIGRANT; attitudes towards immigration; COMPARABILITY; cultural embeddedness; cultural values; ETHNIC EXCLUSIONISM; European Social Survey (ESS); FIT INDEXES; Individual basic human values; MEDIATION; PERCEIVED GROUP THREAT; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC-ATTITUDES; RIGHTS; SOCIAL SURVEY; symbolic threat; universalism and conservation
