Who believes the country belongs to their ethnic ingroup? The background characteristics of ‘owners’ and their support for stricter immigration policies across three Western societies

IF 1.8 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Journal of Social and Political Psychology Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI:10.5964/jspp.10617

Lianne Straver, Borja Martinović, Tom Nijs, Wybren Nooitgedagt, Nora Storz

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Abstract

We examined if ethnic majority members with different background characteristics (national identification, political orientation, gender, education, and age) differ in the perception that their ethnic group owns the country they live in, and whether this can explain their opinions about stricter immigration policies. Using nationally diverse samples of Anglo-Australian (N = 475), Dutch (N = 599), and British participants (N = 1005), we found that ownership beliefs were consistently positively associated with support for stricter immigration policies. Further, we showed that ownership beliefs were stronger among higher national identifiers, men, right-wing, lower educated (United Kingdom only), and older people (Australia only), and ownership partially accounted for these groups’ stronger endorsement of stricter immigration policies. Our study underscores the relevance of ownership beliefs as a novel construct that can explain the relation between personal background characteristics and anti-immigration stance among ethnic majority populations in Western countries.

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谁相信这个国家属于他们的民族?三个西方社会中“业主”的背景特征及其对更严格移民政策的支持

我们考察了具有不同背景特征(民族认同、政治取向、性别、教育程度和年龄)的多数民族成员，是否对他们所居住的国家拥有不同的看法，以及这是否可以解释他们对更严格的移民政策的看法。使用英澳(N = 475)、荷兰(N = 599)和英国参与者(N = 1005)的不同国家样本，我们发现所有权信念始终与支持更严格的移民政策呈正相关。此外，我们还发现，所有权信念在更高的国家标识、男性、右翼、受教育程度较低的人(仅限英国)和老年人(仅限澳大利亚)中更强，所有权部分解释了这些群体对更严格的移民政策的更强支持。我们的研究强调了所有权信念作为一种新的结构的相关性，它可以解释西方国家多数民族中个人背景特征与反移民立场之间的关系。

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Journal of Social and Political Psychology Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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2.70

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4.80%

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40 weeks

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