When those fleeing the war are blue-eyed and blond : the effects of message content and social identity on blatant dehumanization in four nations
Alcañiz-Colomer, Joaquín (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Çoksan, Sami (Western University)
Yaşın-Tekizoğlu, Fatma (Ankara Medipol University)
Uysal, Mete Sefa (University of Exeter)
Hartwich, Lea (Osnabrück University)
Loughnan, Steve (University of Edinburgh)

Data:	2025
Descripció:	16 pàg.
Resum:	Varying behaviours and attitudes towards those who experience the same devastating event are increasingly becoming the focus of criticism. Open expressions of these distinctions based on group membership, such as Kelly Cobiella's statement on NBC about refugees who fled Russia's invasion of Ukraine, "These are not refugees from Syria; these are refugees from neighbouring Ukraine", have raised the question of the social psychological antecedents of these varying attitudes. This research examines how refugees' social identity (ingroup vs. outgroup) and the given reason for their fleeing from a regional war (fear vs. human rights violations) affect the blatant dehumanization of refugees by receiving country communities in four different countries (Ntotal = 1274). In Study 1, we found that Turks in Türkiye showed higher dehumanization toward Syrian refugees (outgroup members compared to Turkmen refugees) and toward those portrayed as fleeing the war due to fear (vs. human rights violations). Study 2, which focused on Germans' attitudes toward Ukrainian and Afghan refugees, showed that dehumanization was negatively associated with the perception of ingroup similarity. In Study 3, with a Spanish sample, we found that ethnic outgroup refugees (Syrians) were more dehumanized than ethnic ingroup refugees (Ukrainians). Similarly, Study 4, which sampled British participants and focused on the same ingroup and outgroup, found that ethnic outgroup refugees were more dehumanized than ethnic ingroup refugees. We discuss the consisted findings in four countries that there is more dehumanization towards members of groups that are less similar to participants from the perspective of the social identity approach.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Blatant dehumanization ; Dehumanization ; Message content ; Social identity ; Ingroup similarity ; SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Publicat a:	International journal of intercultural relations, Vol. 106 (2025) , p. 102177, ISSN 1873-7552

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102177

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