TY - JOUR
T1 - The emotional citizen
T2 - Positive affective response towards immigrants predicts meaningful experiences with them and lower COVID-19 perceived threat in nine countries
AU - Duque, Maria
AU - De Coninck, David
AU - Cobb, Cory L.
AU - Bautista, Tara
AU - Anderson, Jackson D.
AU - Montero-Zamora, Pablo
AU - Perazzo, Patrizia A.
AU - Lopez-Madrigal, Claudia
AU - Ertanir, Beyhan
AU - Garcia, Maria F.
AU - Vos, Saskia R.
AU - Alpysbekova, Aigerim
AU - Schwartz, Seth J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - Mass migration and COVID-19 represent two converging challenges affecting immigrant-receiving countries. Our understanding of intergroup emotion profiles—positive (happiness, hope, and sympathy) and negative (anger, fear, and disgust)—among members of immigrant destination societies in times of global uncertainty remains limited. Drawing from panel samples from nine countries (N = 13,645), and controlling for relevant covariates, we aimed to extract latent profiles of intergroup emotions and map these profiles onto perceived COVID-19-related threats, immigrant contact, political predispositions, dark triad traits, and prejudice. We identified six latent profiles with patterns suggesting that positive interactions with immigrants are significantly correlated with positive emotional response and lower perceived pandemic threat. Societies facing mass immigration in the wake of COVID-19 may benefit from interventions and policies that promote positive and close experiences with immigrants, thereby reducing negative emotions and fostering positive emotions toward newcomers among citizens.
AB - Mass migration and COVID-19 represent two converging challenges affecting immigrant-receiving countries. Our understanding of intergroup emotion profiles—positive (happiness, hope, and sympathy) and negative (anger, fear, and disgust)—among members of immigrant destination societies in times of global uncertainty remains limited. Drawing from panel samples from nine countries (N = 13,645), and controlling for relevant covariates, we aimed to extract latent profiles of intergroup emotions and map these profiles onto perceived COVID-19-related threats, immigrant contact, political predispositions, dark triad traits, and prejudice. We identified six latent profiles with patterns suggesting that positive interactions with immigrants are significantly correlated with positive emotional response and lower perceived pandemic threat. Societies facing mass immigration in the wake of COVID-19 may benefit from interventions and policies that promote positive and close experiences with immigrants, thereby reducing negative emotions and fostering positive emotions toward newcomers among citizens.
KW - dark triad
KW - intergroup contact
KW - intergroup emotions
KW - intergroup threat
KW - prejudice
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U2 - 10.1177/13684302231179909
DO - 10.1177/13684302231179909
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85176582700
SN - 1368-4302
VL - 27
SP - 1862
EP - 1884
JO - Group Processes and Intergroup Relations
JF - Group Processes and Intergroup Relations
IS - 8
ER -