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Classical and modern racial prejudice: a study of attitudes toward immigrants in Sweden
Author(s) -
Akrami Nazar,
Ekehammar Bo,
Araya Tadesse
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/1099-0992(200007/08)30:4<521::aid-ejsp5>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - prejudice (legal term) , covert , psychology , social psychology , racism , immigration , confirmatory factor analysis , context (archaeology) , scale (ratio) , construct (python library) , sociology , gender studies , structural equation modeling , political science , linguistics , law , paleontology , philosophy , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , computer science , biology , programming language
In two studies we develop and validate a Classical — overt or direct — and a Modern — covert or subtle — Racial Prejudice Scale, concerning attitudes toward immigrants, for a Swedish (Scandinavian) context. Further, we examine whether these two forms of prejudice are distinguishable. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that, although highly correlated, classical and modern racial prejudice are distinguishable. This conclusion was also supported by various construct validations. The findings are discussed in relation to other studies that compare the content and structure of modern and classical racism. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.