Abstract

Inspired by the well-documented relationship between authoritarianism and prejudices, we tested whether a massive influx of immigrants can constitute social threats - direct (crimes, riots, violence) and normative (different norms, customs, values) - that increase ingroup authoritarian attitudes. Across two experimental studies (n₁=251 and n₂=230), we were able to show that both direct and normative threat to social order, originating from immigrants, lead to an increase in ingroup authoritarianism attitudes (Cohen’s d = 0.45–0.57), but do not impact the right-wing authoritarianism and cultural conservatism. The effect of threat on the rise of authoritarian attitudes was only partially and in a small degree mediated by collective security motivation. Implications for the authoritarianism-prejudices relationship and the functions of authoritarianism are discussed.

摘要

受到威权主义和偏见之间有据可查的关系的启发，我们测试了大量移民涌入是否会构成社会威胁——直接（犯罪、暴乱、暴力）和规范（不同的规范、习俗、价值观）——从而增加群体内的威权态度。跨越两项实验研究（n ₁ = 251 和n ₂=230)，我们能够证明源自移民的对社会秩序的直接和规范性威胁导致群体内威权主义态度的增加（科恩的 d = 0.45-0.57），但不会影响右翼威权主义和文化保守主义。威胁对威权态度兴起的影响仅部分地且在很小程度上受到集体安全动机的影响。讨论了威权主义与偏见关系的含义以及威权主义的功能。