ABSTRACT

Personal values become increasingly relevant for immigrant-related bias in the European context. Situated in group conflict theories, human values theory and social identity theory encourage different interpretations of how our interest in the welfare of those closest to us, i.e. the in-group (benevolence), and the prosperity of all beings (universalism) inform attitudes towards immigrants. The present study examines how these self-transcending human values affect perceptions of immigrant threat. Using nationally pooled data from the European Social Survey (ESS) for fifteen European countries, the results show that benevolence and universalism tend to affect perceived immigrant threat in opposite directions. A part of individuals’ anti-immigrant bias does not stem from strictly self-interested motivations, as often proposed, but by a sense of loyalty to the interests of our immediate contacts. The group we place our loyalty matters. So does the national context suggesting that grand scheme interpretations can fall short.

摘要

在欧洲背景下，个人价值观对于与移民相关的偏见越来越重要。人类价值观理论和社会认同理论基于群体冲突理论，鼓励人们对我们如何关注最亲近的人的福利（即群体内（仁慈））和所有人的繁荣（普遍主义）如何表达对态度的不同解释。移民。本研究检验了这些自我超越的人类价值观如何影响对移民威胁的看法。使用来自欧洲15个欧洲国家的欧洲社会调查（ESS）的国家汇总数据，结果表明，善意和普遍主义往往会以相反的方向影响感知到的移民威胁。正如通常所建议的那样，个人的反移民偏见并非源于严格的利己动机，但出于对我们直接联系的利益的忠诚感。我们将忠诚度问题放在小组中。暗示大计划解释可能不足的国家背景也是如此。