Willis-Esqueda Cynthia, Delgado Rosa Hazel, Pedroza Karina
a University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
J Soc Psychol. 2017;157(1):114-125. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2016.1184125. Epub 2016 May 2.
Patriotism and threat have been shown to predict immigration attitudes. We suggest that patriotism is influential in producing threat, and such threat drives anti-immigration attitudes, but this relationship is different for Whites and Latinos. All participants completed a patriotism scale (blind and constructive patriotism measures), a threat scale (realistic and symbolic threat), and anti-immigration attitude scale. Latinos showed lower blind patriotism, realistic threat, symbolic threat, and anti-immigration attitudes compared to Whites, with no differences in constructive patriotism. Threat partially mediated the relationship between blind patriotism and anti-immigration attitudes for Whites and fully mediated the relationship for Latinos. Threat partially mediated the relationship for cultural patriotism and anti-immigration attitude for Whites but not for Latinos. Implications for public policy and education concerning immigrant attitudes are discussed.
爱国主义和威胁已被证明能够预测移民态度。我们认为，爱国主义在产生威胁方面具有影响力，而这种威胁会推动反移民态度，但白人和拉丁裔群体的这种关系有所不同。所有参与者都完成了一个爱国主义量表（盲目爱国主义和建设性爱国主义测量）、一个威胁量表（现实威胁和象征性威胁）以及一个反移民态度量表。与白人相比，拉丁裔群体在盲目爱国主义、现实威胁、象征性威胁和反移民态度方面得分较低，而在建设性爱国主义方面没有差异。威胁部分介导了白人盲目爱国主义与反移民态度之间的关系，而在拉丁裔群体中则完全介导了这种关系。威胁部分介导了白人文化爱国主义与反移民态度之间的关系，但在拉丁裔群体中并非如此。本文还讨论了有关移民态度的公共政策和教育方面的启示。
