‘The Boat is full!’: predictors of perceived migrant group size and perceived right to stay for immigrants

• Autores: Hanna Zagefka, Nali Moftizadeh, Jessica Barber, Siugmin Lay, Ravinder Barn
• Localización: International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social, ISSN-e 1579-3680, ISSN 0213-4748, Vol. 35, Nº 3, 2020, págs. 492-525
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/02134748.2020.1783835
• Títulos paralelos:
  • ‘¡El barco está lleno!’: predictores del tamaño percibido de los grupos migrantes y de su derecho a residir en el país
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• Resumen
  • español

    En este trabajo se analizan predictores del tamaño percibido y del derecho percibido a residir en el país de la población inmigrante en el Reino Unido (RU). En dos estudios se exploran las respuestas psicológicas de los participantes británicos a la inmigración en el RU. En un estudio con cuestionario se analiza la reacción hacia grupos de población migrante residentes en el RU provenientes de India, Polonia y Siria (Estudio 1, N = 136). En este estudio, la similitud intergrupal percibida y la amenaza intergrupal predijeron afecto intergrupal, que a su vez predijo la estimación del tamaño del grupo migrante y el derecho percibido de los migrantes a residir en RU. El Estudio 2 (N = 126) consistió en un experimento donde se manipuló la similitud y la amenaza, y suscitó reacciones de los participantes hacia un grupo migrante ficticio para comprender mejor la dirección causal de los efectos observados en el Estudio 1. En conjunto, estos estudios demuestran que la similitud, la amenaza y el afecto intergrupales predicen el tamaño percibido de la población y el derecho percibido a residir en el RU

  • English

    Predictors of perceived population size and perceived right to reside in the UK were tested for immigrants to Britain. Two studies explored psychological responses of British respondents to immigration to the UK. A questionnaire study examined responses towards migrants living in the UK from India, Poland and Syria (Study 1, N = 136). In this study, perceived intergroup similarity and intergroup threat predicted intergroup affect, which in turn predicted estimates of the migrant group size and the perceived right of the migrants to reside in the UK. Study 2 (N = 126) was an experiment which manipulated similarity and threat, and elicited responses towards a fictional migrant group, to get a better handle on the causal direction of effects observed in Study 1. Taken together, the studies showed that perceived population size and perceived right to reside in Britain were predicted by intergroup similarity, threat and affect.

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