TY - JOUR
T1 - Direct and indirect predictors of opposition to immigration in Europe
T2 - individual values, cultural values, and symbolic threat
AU - Davidov, Eldad
AU - Seddig, Daniel
AU - Gorodzeisky, Anastasia
AU - Raijman, Rebeca
AU - Schmidt, Peter
AU - Semyonov, Moshe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/2/17
Y1 - 2020/2/17
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - European Social Survey (ESS)
KW - Individual basic human values
KW - affective and intellectual autonomy
KW - attitudes towards immigration
KW - cultural embeddedness
KW - cultural values
KW - mediation
KW - symbolic threat
KW - universalism and conservation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85061961210&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1369183X.2018.1550152
DO - 10.1080/1369183X.2018.1550152
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AN - SCOPUS:85061961210
SN - 1369-183X
VL - 46
SP - 553
EP - 573
JO - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
JF - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
IS - 3
ER -