Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Volume 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1032-1044

The relative deprivation-gratification continuum and the attitudes of South Africans toward immigrants: A test of the V-curve hypothesis (Article)

Dambrun M.* , Taylor D.M. , McDonald D.A. , Crush J. , Méot A.
  • a McGill University, Université Blaise Pascal, France, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Que., Canada, Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale et Cognitive, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (LAPSCO CNRS), Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France, UFR de Psychologie, Université Blaise Pascal, LAPSCO UMR CNRS, 34 avenue Carnot, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
  • b McGill University, Université Blaise Pascal, France, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Canada
  • c Queen's University, Canada, Faculty of Arts and Science, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., Canada
  • d Queen's University, Canada, Southern African Research Centre, Queen's University, Canada
  • e Université Blaise Pascal, France, LAPSCO CNRS, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Abstract

It has long been established that there is a linear and positive relationship between relative deprivation and prejudice. However, a recent experiment suggests that the converse of relative deprivation, relative gratification, may also be associated with prejudice (S. Guimond & M. Dambrun, 2002). Specifically, the evidence suggests that the usual test for a linear relationship between relative deprivation-gratification and prejudice might conceal the existence of a bilinear relationship. This function, labeled the V-curve hypothesis, predicts that both relative deprivation and relative gratification are associated with higher levels of prejudice. This hypothesis was tested with a representative sample of South Africans (N=1,600). Results provide strong support for the V-curve hypothesis. Furthermore, strength of ethnic identification emerged as a partial mediator for the effect of relative gratification on prejudice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).

Author Keywords

Prejudice Attitudes immigrants V-curve hypothesis Group identification Relative gratification relative deprivation

Index Keywords

information processing perception Psychosocial Deprivation Negro social psychology psychological aspect Caucasian Social Identification human social isolation middle aged Aged South Africa Humans attitude Adolescent African Continental Ancestry Group male female Aged, 80 and over Socioeconomic Factors socioeconomics Article adult migration European Continental Ancestry Group Prejudice public opinion Emigration and Immigration Social Perception hostility Personal Satisfaction satisfaction Data Collection social behavior
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DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.91.6.1032
ISSN: 00223514
Cited by: 54
Original Language: English