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Viewing Intergroup Relations in Europe through Allport's Lens Model of Prejudice
Author(s) -
Stephan Walter G
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.00569.x
Subject(s) - prejudice (legal term) , situational ethics , psychology , social psychology , multilevel model , personality , computer science , machine learning
This article employs Allport's (1954) lens model of the causes of prejudice to analyze the articles in this issue of theJournal of Social Issues . The lens model specifies that historical, socio cultural, personality, and situational factors contribute to prejudice. The articles in this issue examine a number of variables at each of these levels of analysis, and many employ multilevel designs in which variables at more than one level are examined within the same study. Suggestions for future research on intergroup relations in Europe are offered including conducting more comparative and multilevel studies and creating comprehensive theories that integrate different levels of analysis. Some implications of the findings of these studies for intergroup relations programs are also discussed.