Predicting community attitudes towards asylum seekers: A multi‐component model
Objective The current study investigated the role of cognitive, affective, and behavioural information in the prediction of overall attitudes towards asylum seekers. Method A sample of 98 Australian adults participated in an online self‐report questionnaire where participants generated their cogniti...
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| author | Cameron J. Croucamp Moira O'connor Anne Pedersen Lauren J. Breen |
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| description | Objective The current study investigated the role of cognitive, affective, and behavioural information in the prediction of overall attitudes towards asylum seekers. Method A sample of 98 Australian adults participated in an online self‐report questionnaire where participants generated their cognitive, affective, and behavioural factors towards asylum seekers and then rated those factors on a continuum from ‘positive’ to ‘negative’. Results Multiple regression analysis confirmed the primary role of cognitive, then affective, factors in predicting attitudes towards asylum seekers. Cognitive information accounted for a moderate, significant 31.92% of the variance in overall attitudes towards asylum seekers. The unique variance contributed by affective information accounted for a small but significant 3.46% of the variance in overall attitudes; the unique variance contributed by behavioural information was not significant. Conclusions The results provide a holistic theoretical basis for the assertion that community attitudes towards asylum seekers are based primarily on cognitive evaluations of the minority group. These findings have implications for changing community attitudes towards people seeking asylum in Australia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81d54bf290034f61900a67026f1b48922023-09-19T08:54:46ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAustralian Journal of Psychology0004-95301742-95362017-12-0169423724610.1111/ajpy.1214912098857Predicting community attitudes towards asylum seekers: A multi‐component modelCameron J. Croucamp0Moira O'connor1Anne Pedersen2Lauren J. Breen3Curtin UniversityCurtin UniversityCurtin University, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaCurtin UniversityObjective The current study investigated the role of cognitive, affective, and behavioural information in the prediction of overall attitudes towards asylum seekers. Method A sample of 98 Australian adults participated in an online self‐report questionnaire where participants generated their cognitive, affective, and behavioural factors towards asylum seekers and then rated those factors on a continuum from ‘positive’ to ‘negative’. Results Multiple regression analysis confirmed the primary role of cognitive, then affective, factors in predicting attitudes towards asylum seekers. Cognitive information accounted for a moderate, significant 31.92% of the variance in overall attitudes towards asylum seekers. The unique variance contributed by affective information accounted for a small but significant 3.46% of the variance in overall attitudes; the unique variance contributed by behavioural information was not significant. Conclusions The results provide a holistic theoretical basis for the assertion that community attitudes towards asylum seekers are based primarily on cognitive evaluations of the minority group. These findings have implications for changing community attitudes towards people seeking asylum in Australia.http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12149affectasylum seekersattitudesattitudes towards asylum seekersbeliefssocial issues |
| spellingShingle | Cameron J. Croucamp Moira O'connor Anne Pedersen Lauren J. Breen Predicting community attitudes towards asylum seekers: A multi‐component model Australian Journal of Psychology affect asylum seekers attitudes attitudes towards asylum seekers beliefs social issues |
| title | Predicting community attitudes towards asylum seekers: A multi‐component model |
| title_full | Predicting community attitudes towards asylum seekers: A multi‐component model |
| title_fullStr | Predicting community attitudes towards asylum seekers: A multi‐component model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predicting community attitudes towards asylum seekers: A multi‐component model |
| title_short | Predicting community attitudes towards asylum seekers: A multi‐component model |
| title_sort | predicting community attitudes towards asylum seekers a multi component model |
| topic | affect asylum seekers attitudes attitudes towards asylum seekers beliefs social issues |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12149 |
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