{
  "creator": [
    "Alves, Sara G.",
    "Pinto, Isabel R.",
    "Marques, José M."
  ],
  "date": [
    "2024-03-06"
  ],
  "description": [
    "Uncertainty-identity theory (Hogg, 2000, 2007, 2012) postulates that people strengthen their adherence to, and identification with, extreme ideologies when they undergo an enduring uncertainty regarding their self-definition. Concomitantly, nationalist and extreme right-wing ideologies have been associated with the attribution of a threatening character to immigrant and refugee groups. We propose that self-uncertainty precedes the perceived threat posed by the latter groups, which in turn predicts adherence to nationalist attitudes. In one correlational (Study 1; n = 169) and one experimental study (Study 2; n = 309), we tested the mediational effects of perceived realistic and symbolic threat towards immigrants on the association between self-uncertainty and nationalist attitudes (belief in national superiority, support for anti-immigration laws and intention to vote for an anti-immigration party). In both studies, perceived realistic threat emerged as the most reliable mediator between self-uncertainty and nationalist attitudes. In addition (Study 2), we found a causal effect of self-uncertainty on realistic threat. We discuss the implications of these findings for social inclusion policies based on the reduction of uncertainty generated by immigration."
  ],
  "format": [
    "application/pdf",
    "text/html",
    "text/xml"
  ],
  "identifier": [
    "https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/9953",
    "10.5964/jspp.9953"
  ],
  "language": [
    "eng"
  ],
  "publisher": [
    "PsychOpen GOLD / Leibniz Institut for Psychology (ZPID)"
  ],
  "relation": [
    "https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/9953/9953.pdf",
    "https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/9953/9953.html",
    "https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/9953/9953.xml"
  ],
  "rights": [
    "Copyright (c) 2024 Sara G. Alves, Isabel R. Pinto, José M. Marques",
    "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
  ],
  "source": [
    "Journal of Social and Political Psychology; Vol. 12 No. 1 (2024); 23-37",
    "2195-3325",
    "10.5964/jspp.v12i1"
  ],
  "subject": [
    "uncertainty",
    "nationalism",
    "attitudes towards immigrants",
    "realistic threat",
    "symbolic threat"
  ],
  "title": [
    "The Terrible Unknown: How Uncertainty Fosters Nationalist and Anti-Immigration Attitudes"
  ],
  "type": [
    "info:eu-repo/semantics/article",
    "info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion",
    "Peer-reviewed Article"
  ]
}