Open AccessΗ εμπειρική μελέτη της ξενοφοβίας στην Ελλάδα σήμερα: Κοινωνικο-δημογραφικοί και κοινωνιο-ψυχολογικοί προσδιοριστικοί παράγοντες
Author(s) -
Αναστασία Ζήση,
Σωτήρης Χτουρής,
Γιώργος Σταλίδης,
Κώστας Ρόντος
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychologia: to periodiko tīs ellīnikīs psychologikīs etaireias/psychologia. to periodiko tīs ellīnikīs psychologikīs etaireias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2732-6640
pISSN - 1106-5737
DOI - 10.12681/psy_hps.23535
Subject(s) - xenophobia , prejudice (legal term) , ideology , conservatism , politics , immigration , social psychology , sociology , political science , positive economics , psychology , development economics , economics , law
In this article, we present research evidence of a national survey on xenophobia (N = 1.838) and host-immigrant relations carried out in the contemporary society of Greece facing a deep and severe economic crisis. The theoretical and research design of the study draws on the integrated threat theory (Stephan & Stephan, 2000) and the right-wingauthoritarian theory (Altemeyer, 1981) that have been extensively used in the research area of social psychology of prejudice and inter-group discrimination. The Principal Correspondence Analysis shows thatthe overall negative attitude towards the immigrants and political xenophobia are related to sociodemographic characteristics such as low education level, low income and negative change someone’s economic position. The overall negative attitude towards the immigrants and political xenophobia are also related to socio-psychological processes such as perceived threats and strong ideological beliefs of socialconformity and conservatism. Our results support the existence of varieties of xenophobia.