Browsing by Author "Cinnirella, Marco"

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    Is support for multiculturalism threatened by ... threat itself?
    (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2012) Tip, Linda K.; Zagefka, Hanna; Gonzalez, Roberto; Brown, Rupert; Cinnirella, Marco; Na, Xue
    Three studies investigated the effects of British majority members' perceptions of minority members' acculturation preferences and perceived identity threat on their support for multiculturalism. The following hypotheses were tested: (1) a perception that minority members want to maintain their original culture will negatively affect support for multiculturalism; (2) a perception that minority members want to adopt the British culture will positively affect support for multiculturalism; and (3) a perception that minority members desire contact with British people will positively affect support for multiculturalism. All three effects were predicted to be mediated by identity threat. Studies 1 and 2 focussed on Pakistanis as a target group, and study 3 focussed on ethnic minority members more generally. All studies yielded evidence in support of the hypotheses. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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    Predictors of majority members' acculturation preferences: Experimental evidence
    (ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2012) Zagefka, Hanna; Tip, Linda K.; Gonzalez, Roberto; Brown, Rupert; Cinnirella, Marco
    A study was conducted to test experimentally whether majority members' perceptions of which acculturation strategies minority members prefer would causally impact on majority members' own acculturation preferences, especially their preference for integration. Participants (N = 113) were exposed to videos in which actors who posed as Pakistani minority members voiced different acculturation preferences (integration, assimilation, separation or control condition). Their views were presented as representative of their ethnic group. The effect of this on white British majority participants' own acculturation preferences was measured. As expected, perceived acculturation preferences significantly impacted on own acculturation preferences. In line with predictions, participants' level of prejudice significantly moderated these effects. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.