Terrorist threat, dehumanization, and right-wing authoritarianism as predictors of discrimination.
Political psychology
extremism
radicalization
terrorism
Journal
Scandinavian journal of psychology
ISSN: 1467-9450
Titre abrégé: Scand J Psychol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0404510
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2019
Dec 2019
Historique:
received:
11
03
2019
accepted:
29
07
2019
pubmed:
7
9
2019
medline:
11
2
2020
entrez:
7
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study analyzed the relationship between terrorist threat and discrimination, operationalized by support for retributive justice against Islamic groups suspect of terrorist crimes. Two experimental studies were performed. Study 1 (N = 215) showed that the terrorist threat against the ingroup raises the support for the retributive procedures through the dehumanization of the outgroup. Study 2 (N = 304) analyzed how the mediating role of dehumanization in the relationship between terrorist threat and support for retributive justice is moderated by right-wing authoritarianism (RWA). In addition, the study aimed to verify if the dehumanization of outgroup and RWA could explain the relationship between terrorist threat and discrimination of Muslim immigrants. The results indicated that adherence to RWA favors dehumanization of the outgroup and, consecutively, the discrimination, operationalized as support for the use of retributive justice. The adherence to RWA has been identified as the mechanism that explains the discrimination against Muslim immigrants.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
616-627Subventions
Organisme : Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
ID : 307/15
Organisme : Capes/DGPU
Informations de copyright
© 2019 Scandinavian Psychological Associations and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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