Individual variables that influence attitudes toward immigrants in schools

Authors

  • Benito León del Barco Universidad de Extremadura
  • Elena Felipe Castaño Universidad de Extremadura
  • Teresa Gómez Carroza Universidad de Extremadura
Keywords: social self-concept, social retirement, social anxiety, attitudes, immigrants, students

Abstract

In researching what individual determines of the development of prejudiced attitudes, stereotypes, the authoritarian personality, namely right-wing authoritarianism, the dominance orientation social and social anxiety, have been mainly analyzed. In this research we aim to find, through an analysis of structural equation, a model explaining the student attitudes toward immigrants through disruptive behaviour of socialization (social anxiety and social retirement) and the social self-concept of native students. 300 native students participate, aged between 10 and 15 years. We have used the following questionnaires: AFA (Self-concept Form A), BAS-3 (Battery socialization, as a self-assessment) and the Scale of atti-tudes of schoolchildren towards immigrant pupils. The indexes goodness of fit obtained values within the accepted limits and demonstrate that the model provides a good fit. Model results show that most students socially withdrawn and social anxiety scores get lower social self-concept. Finally, the native school with high scores on social self-concept possess more negative attitudes towards their fellow immigrants.

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León del Barco, B., Felipe Castaño, E., & Gómez Carroza, T. (2010). Individual variables that influence attitudes toward immigrants in schools. Anales de Psicología / Annals of Psychology, 26(2), 359–368. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesps/article/view/109361
Issue
Vol. 26 No. 2 (2010)
Section
Developmental and Educational Psychology

 

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