Social Behavior and Personality
Volume 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1127-1132

South African university students’ life satisfaction and perceptions of African immigrants (Article)

Kayitesi M.L. , Mwaba K.*
  • a Department of Psychology, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
  • b Department of Psychology, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Abstract

In recent years, South Africa has experienced xenophobic violence directed against African immigrants. Our aim in this study was to investigate life satisfaction and perceptions of African immigrants among black South African university students. Undergraduate psychology students (192 women and 63 men) completed the Temporal Satisfaction With Life Scale and Southern African Migration Programme Survey Questionnaire. The results supported our expectation of the students’ high levels of life satisfaction and favorable perceptions of African immigrants. © Society for Personality Research.

Author Keywords

Life satisfaction Prejudice Perceptions of African immigrants South Africa Xenophobia

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84928111952&doi=10.2224%2fsbp.2014.42.7.1127&partnerID=40&md5=637bff2e9d2471b8a2a7f9d19f9e66fe
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2014.42.7.1127
ISSN: 03012212
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English