Educational attainment, political sophistication and anti-immigrant attitudes
Author(s) / Creator(s)
van der Heijden, Eva
Verkuyten, Maykel
Abstract / Description
Among a national sample of Dutch respondents (N = 1,155), this study examined whether the belief configuration of personal political orientation differs for individual level of education, and how it is related to negative attitudes toward immigrant-origin groups and refugee policies. In agreement with the ideological sophistication perspective, the endorsement of social conformity and the acceptance of group-based inequality were found to be more strongly part of the political orientation of higher compared to the lower educated participants. Furthermore, the endorsement of social conformity and acceptance of group-based inequality were associated with more negative feelings toward immigrants and more negative attitudes toward policies in relation to refugees. These findings add to the existing literature that has predominantly examined education and political orientation as two independent correlates of anti-immigrant and refugee attitudes.
Keyword(s)
immigrants political orientation education ideological sophistication refugee policiesPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2020-09-30
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
8
Issue
2
Page numbers
600–616
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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van der Heijden, E., & Verkuyten, M. (2020). Educational attainment, political sophistication and anti-immigrant attitudes. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 8(2), 600-616. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i2.1334
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Author(s) / Creator(s)van der Heijden, Eva
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Verkuyten, Maykel
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Date of first publication2020-09-30
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Abstract / DescriptionAmong a national sample of Dutch respondents (N = 1,155), this study examined whether the belief configuration of personal political orientation differs for individual level of education, and how it is related to negative attitudes toward immigrant-origin groups and refugee policies. In agreement with the ideological sophistication perspective, the endorsement of social conformity and the acceptance of group-based inequality were found to be more strongly part of the political orientation of higher compared to the lower educated participants. Furthermore, the endorsement of social conformity and acceptance of group-based inequality were associated with more negative feelings toward immigrants and more negative attitudes toward policies in relation to refugees. These findings add to the existing literature that has predominantly examined education and political orientation as two independent correlates of anti-immigrant and refugee attitudes.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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Citationvan der Heijden, E., & Verkuyten, M. (2020). Educational attainment, political sophistication and anti-immigrant attitudes. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 8(2), 600-616. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i2.1334en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/5642
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6246
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i2.1334
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.3481
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Keyword(s)immigrantsen_US
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Keyword(s)political orientationen_US
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Keyword(s)educationen_US
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Keyword(s)ideological sophisticationen_US
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Keyword(s)refugee policiesen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleEducational attainment, political sophistication and anti-immigrant attitudesen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers600–616
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Volume8
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Visible tag(s)Version of Recorden_US