Majority residents’ perceptions of ‘economic’ and ‘political’ refugees: Psychological processes underlying the flight-reason bias

IF 2.8 2区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL European Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-07-07 DOI:10.1002/ejsp.3088
Judith Knausenberger, Jens H. Hellmann, Franziska A. Stanke, Inga Bechler, Lea Sophie C. Haarmann, Marvin Jehn, Gerald Echterhoff
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Migrants who flee their home country for economic (vs. political) reasons often elicit more negative responses in receiving countries. We examined psychological processes underlying this flight-reason bias, focusing on majority residents’ perceptions of migration circumstances and their emotional responses. In three preregistered studies (total N = 1394), participants read texts about an individual refugee (Studies 1 and 2) or groups of refugees (Study 3) who fled because of economic versus political reasons. Overall, participants perceived migration as less forced in the economic-flight reason condition. Economic (vs. political) flight reasons also elicited less willingness to accept refugees. Additional analyses suggest that the flight-reason bias was driven by greater perceived control of refugees over emigration (for perceived forcedness), by lower empathy (for willingness to accept refugees) and by lower perceived pre-migration perils (for both outcomes) in the economic-flight reason conditions. We discuss implications for political and humanitarian issues surrounding refugee immigration and integration.

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多数居民对 "经济 "和 "政治 "难民的看法:逃离原因偏见背后的心理过程
出于经济(与政治)原因逃离母国的移民往往会在接收国引起更多负面反应。我们研究了这种逃离原因偏差的心理过程,重点关注多数居民对移民情况的看法及其情绪反应。在三项预先登记的研究中(总人数 = 1394),参与者阅读了有关难民个人(研究 1 和 2)或难民群体(研究 3)的文章,他们分别是因为经济原因和政治原因而逃离。总体而言,在经济原因条件下,参与者认为移民的被迫性较小。经济(相对于政治)原因也会降低接受难民的意愿。其他分析表明,在经济--逃离原因条件下,逃离原因偏差的驱动因素包括:难民对移民的控制感更强(就被迫感而言)、移情能力较低(就接受难民的意愿而言)以及移民前的危险感较低(就这两种结果而言)。我们讨论了围绕难民移民和融入社会的政治和人道主义问题的影响。
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期刊介绍: Topics covered include, among others, intergroup relations, group processes, social cognition, attitudes, social influence and persuasion, self and identity, verbal and nonverbal communication, language and thought, affect and emotion, embodied and situated cognition and individual differences of social-psychological relevance. Together with original research articles, the European Journal of Social Psychology"s innovative and inclusive style is reflected in the variety of articles published: Research Article: Original articles that provide a significant contribution to the understanding of social phenomena, up to a maximum of 12,000 words in length.
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