Investigating interculturality in Germany by means of social identity, social distance, personality and xenophobia

Migration and development Pub Date : 2020-06-16 DOI:10.1080/21632324.2020.1756714

Petia Genkova, Marie Grimmelsmann

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ABSTRACT Due to the increasing need to understand integration processes and existing impediments, the present study investigated interculturality in Germany with N = 171Germans and Migrants in terms of social identity, personality, social distance as well as xenophobia and their relationship amongst each other. Results confirmed that openness and flexibility predict outgroup orientation for the total sample and the German subsample. However, this was not true for the subsample of migrants. Furthermore, within the German subsample, outgroup orientation had a decreasing influence on hostility towards foreigners and refugees, whereas national identity had an enhancing influence on xenophobia. Moreover, within the subsample of migrants, a decreasing influence of outgroup orientation on xenophobia was only confirmed towards foreigners. It was also shown that xenophobia has an enhancing influence on social distance within the total sample and the German subsample. For the subsample of migrants, this was not the case. Overall, the present study reveals the importance of personality traits regarding the success of migration in Germany through individual predispositions against foreigners that influence the process of integration. The results can be used to derive measures to support the integration, e.g., in the form of intercultural trainings.

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通过社会认同、社会距离、个性和仇外心理调查德国的跨文化性

由于越来越需要了解融合过程和存在的障碍，本研究从社会认同、个性、社会距离、仇外心理及其相互关系等方面调查了N = 171名德国人和移民的跨文化性。结果证实，开放性和灵活性可以预测总样本和德国子样本的外群体倾向。然而，对于移民的子样本来说，情况并非如此。此外，在德国子样本中，外群体取向对对外国人和难民的敌意的影响减弱，而民族认同对仇外心理的影响增强。此外，在移徙者的子样本中，只对外国人证实了外群体倾向对仇外心理的影响在下降。研究还表明，在整个样本和德国子样本中，仇外心理对社会距离的影响越来越大。对于移民的子样本来说，情况并非如此。总的来说，本研究揭示了人格特质对德国移民成功的重要性，因为个人对外国人的倾向会影响融入过程。研究结果可用于制定支持整合的措施，例如以跨文化培训的形式。

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