Psicoperspectivas
Volume 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-143

Report on levels of blatant and subtle prejudice toward bolivians immigrants and its relation with psychosocial variables [Reporte de los niveles de prejuicio sutil y manifiesto hacia los inmigrantes bolivianos y análisis de su relación con variables psicosociales] (Article) (Open Access)

Cárdenas M.* , Gómez F. , Méndez L. , Yáñez S.
  • a Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Católica Del Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile
  • b Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Católica Del Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile
  • c Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Católica Del Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile
  • d Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Católica Del Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile

Abstract

Prejudice is a destructive and pervasive social problem. The main objective of this paper is to report the prejudice levels of the second region population (Chile) towards Bolivian immigrants (Antofagasta is a reception area with high number of Latin American immigrants). The random and probability sample consisted of 896 participants between 18 and 65 years. We used a Chilean version of the Blatant and Subtle Prejudice Scale (Pettigrew y Meertens, 1995) and its typology to compare these groups in a set of variables. The results indicate high levels of prejudice (Msubtle = 3.38; Mblatant = 2.86) of both subtle and blatant, and positive correlation between the two forms of prejudice (r = .53). The statistical difference between the two types of prejudice is significant. The younger age groups showed significantly lower levels of blatant prejudice and women showed significantly higher levels than men. © Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.

Author Keywords

Prejudice Bolivian Immigration Subtle prejudice Blatant prejudice

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85011584172&doi=10.5027%2fPSICOPERSPECTIVAS-VOL10-ISSUE1-FULLTEXT-134&partnerID=40&md5=b41cdd84ead080c7707f8ffcd60c171f
DOI: 10.5027/PSICOPERSPECTIVAS-VOL10-ISSUE1-FULLTEXT-134
ISSN: 07186924
Cited by: 8
Original Language: Spanish