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Structural model of acculturation attitudes and related psychosocial variables: Empirical evidence in native Spaniards
Author(s) -
Pérez Moreno Pedro J.,
Rojas Tejada Antonio J.,
Navas Luque Marisol,
Lozano Rojas Oscar M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1002/ijop.12017
Subject(s) - acculturation , psychosocial , psychology , immigration , prejudice (legal term) , social psychology , romanian , clinical psychology , geography , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , psychiatry
This work falls within the framework of the study of acculturation processes of natives and immigrants. Its goal is to test an explanatory multi‐group model of natives' acculturation attitudes as a function of diverse psychosocial variables: Prejudice and natives' appraisal of their own culture (in a direct way) and inter‐group contact and perceived inter‐group similarity (in an indirect way). Participants were 499 Spaniards surveyed for their attitude towards Romanian immigrants and 493 towards Ecuadorian immigrants. The indicators used took into account three socio‐cultural spheres: peripheral, intermediate and central areas. This multi‐group model shows an adequate fit to the data.