School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2017 Dec;56(4):799-808. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12203. Epub 2017 Jun 21.
This study examined the interplay of anti-immigrant prejudice and intergroup contact experience on voting intentions within Britain's 2016 referendum on its membership in the European Union. In the days before the referendum, we asked more than 400 British people how they planned to vote. We measured a number of demographic factors expected to predict voting intentions as well as individuals' prejudice towards and intergroup contact experience (positive and negative) with EU immigrants. Anti-immigrant prejudice was a strong correlate of support for Brexit. Negative intergroup contact experience was associated with higher anti-immigrant prejudice and, in turn, increased support for 'Leave'. Positive intergroup contact, on the other hand, seemed to play a reparative role, predicting lower prejudice and increasing support for 'Remain'.
这项研究考察了反移民偏见和群体间接触经验在英国 2016 年关于其欧盟成员国身份公投中的相互作用。在公投前几天，我们询问了 400 多名英国人他们计划如何投票。我们测量了一些预期可以预测投票意向的人口统计因素，以及个人对欧盟移民的偏见和群体间接触经验（积极和消极）。反移民偏见是支持英国脱欧的一个重要因素。负面的群体间接触经验与更高的反移民偏见有关，进而增加了对“离开”的支持。另一方面，积极的群体间接触似乎起到了修复作用，预测偏见降低，并增加了对“留下”的支持。
