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Host-member misperceptions about what others expect of immigrants: The role of personal attitudes, voting behaviour, and right-wing authoritarianism

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العنوان: Host-member misperceptions about what others expect of immigrants: The role of personal attitudes, voting behaviour, and right-wing authoritarianism
المؤلفون: Leviston, Zoe, Coenen, Jana M., Dandy, Justine
المصدر: Research outputs 2014 to 2021 ; ftedithcowan
بيانات النشر: Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia
سنة النشر: 2020
مصطلحات موضوعية: acculturation, multiculturalism, pluralistic ignorance, right-wing authoritarianism, social perception, voting behaviour, Arts and Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences, anthro-se, hisphilso
الوصف: © 2020 Asian Association of Social Psychology and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd Concordant acculturation expectations and preferences between a host society and its immigrants are important for social cohesion. But perceptions of others' attitudes are often distorted, and may extend to intracultural misperceptions about what others in one's own society expect for immigrants. We test whether attitudinal misperceptions operate in the context of host-members' acculturation expectations of immigrants—preferences about whether newcomers should embrace the majority culture, or maintain their own cultural heritage. Further, we test whether the conservative dimension of right-wing authoritarianism (RWA-C) drives both personal acculturation expectations and distortions about what others expect. We surveyed a representative sample of 2,013 Australian citizens about their own acculturation expectations for immigrants and their perceptions of the expectations of the host society in general. People significantly overestimated the extent to which fellow host society members expect immigrants to embrace the host culture, and underestimated expectations that immigrants retain their own culture. Voting behaviour and RWA-C were related to personal acculturation expectations and to perceptions of host society consensus with their own views (self–other discrepancy). Moreover, personal acculturation expectations mediated the link between RWA-C and perceived self–other discrepancy. The psychological bases of these misperceptions, and their potential ramifications for immigrants, are discussed.
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Relation: https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/9422
الاتاحة: https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/9422
Rights: other
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.3E3F10F9
قاعدة البيانات: BASE