Migration elicits mixed reactions from the host-society. Negative responses towards migrants seem to emerge when migrants are perceived as culturally different. We investigated when and why perceived cultural distance (PCD) is associated with negative migrant attitudes by focussing on differences in cultural values. We expected that PCD in social values (focus on relationships and society) should be more strongly associated with attitudes towards migrants than personal values (individual needs and gains) and should be mediated by symbolic threat. In two quasi-experimental studies (N = 200, N = 668) with Dutch participants (host-society), we simultaneously tested effects of respondents’ perception of Dutch values, their perceptions of migrant values (of Moroccan, Syrian, Polish ethnic origin), and PCD between Dutch-migrant value on attitudes. For all migrant groups, PCD in social values was associated with more negative attitudes, less tolerance, and less policy support regarding migrants; this was mediated by symbolic threat. These links were weaker for personal values.

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当文化发生冲突时：价值观中感知到的文化距离与对移民的态度之间的联系

迁移引起宿主社会的混合反应。当移民被视为文化差异时，对移民的负面反应似乎就会出现。我们通过关注文化价值观的差异，调查了感知文化距离 (PCD) 何时以及为何与负面移民态度相关联。我们预计社会价值观中的 PCD （关注关系和社会）应该与对移民的态度比个人价值观（个人需求和收益）更紧密地相关，并且应该通过象征性威胁来调节。在两项准实验研究中（N  = 200, N = 668）与荷兰参与者（东道国社会），我们同时测试了受访者对荷兰价值观的看法、他们对移民价值观（摩洛哥、叙利亚、波兰族裔）的看法以及荷兰移民价值观对态度之间的 PCD 的影响。对于所有移民群体，社会价值观中的 PCD 与更多的消极态度、更少的容忍度和更少的对移民的政策支持有关；这是通过象征性威胁来调解的。这些联系对于个人价值来说较弱。