Abstract

A sample of undergraduate college students (N = 610) enrolled in Introductory Sociology courses participated in a study exploring attitudes toward and social distance from persons who are Arab, Pakistani, and Muslim vis a vis other ethnic and religious groups. Data were collected between 2010 and 2016 using the Bogardus Social Distance scale and a 16-item Islamophobia scale. Respondents positioned Arabs, Pakistanis, and Muslims at the bottom of a closeness hierarchy. In multiple regression analyses where race, religion, political affiliation and preferred news source are regressed on Islamophobia scores we find that being Christian, being a Republican and watching Fox News, separately and together, significantly influence negative attitudes toward Muslims and persons from those regions, while knowing someone Muslim diminishes these views. The persistence of these sentiments is explored.

摘要

本科生样本（N = 610）参加了入门社会学课程的学生参加了一项研究，该研究探索了阿拉伯，巴基斯坦和穆斯林对其他种族和宗教群体的态度和与社会的距离。使用Bogardus社交距离量表和16个项目的伊斯兰恐惧症量表在2010年至2016年之间收集了数据。受访者将阿拉伯人，巴基斯坦人和穆斯林置于亲密等级的底部。在对种族，宗教，政治派别和首选新闻来源根据伊斯兰恐惧感评分进行回归的多元回归分析中，我们发现，作为基督徒，作为共和党人以及分别观看福克斯新闻，这严重影响了对穆斯林和来自这些地区的人们的消极态度，同时知道穆斯林会削弱这些观点。探索了这些情绪的持久性。