European Journal of Social Psychology
Volume 49, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 831-838

Antecedents and consequences of autonomy- and dependency-oriented help toward refugees (Article)

Becker J.C.* , Ksenofontov I. , Siem B. , Love A.
  • a Department of Psychology, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
  • b Department of Psychology, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
  • c Department of Psychology, FernUniversität in Hagen, Hagen, Germany
  • d Department of Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Abstract

We tested antecedents (paternalistic beliefs; Study 1) and consequences (social change potential; Study 2) of autonomy- and dependency-oriented help and developed scales assessing paternalistic beliefs and both forms of help. In Study 1 (N = 143 Germans), we focused on paternalistic beliefs as an antagonist to social change and a key distinguishing variable between engagement in both forms of help. As expected, paternalistic beliefs were positively related to dependency-oriented help, mediated by concern for a positive national moral image, but negatively related to autonomy-oriented help, mediated by perceived competence of refugees. In Study 2, both refugees (N = 80) and Germans (N = 94) perceived autonomy-oriented help to have more potential for social change than dependency-oriented help. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Author Keywords

autonomy-oriented help paternalistic beliefs dependency-oriented help Refugees Social change

Index Keywords

German (citizen) major clinical study morality refugee social change Article human
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DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2554
ISSN: 00462772
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English