White and minority demographic shifts, intergroup threat, and right-wing extremism*

被引:33
作者
Bai, Hui [1 ]
Federico, Christopher M. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota, Dept Psychol, 75 East River Rd, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[2] Univ Minnesota, Dept Polit Sci, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
关键词
Threats; Far-right extremism; Demographic shift; Population; FUTURE; POWER;
D O I
10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104114
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
We present four studies (one correlational and three experimental) of American Whites that examine relationships between White and minority demographic shifts, intergroup threat, and support for extreme-right groups and actions. We focus in particular on the role of collective existential threat (i.e., a perception that the ingroup will cease to exist), along with three alternative/competing intergroup threats: status threat, symbolic threat, and prototypicality threat. Though no zero-order relationship was found between perceived White population decline and far-right variables, we find evidence that (1) perceived White population decline leads to collective existential threat net of other perceived demographic shifts, (2) collective existential threat is related to far-right support net of other threats, and (3) perceived White decline has a robust indirect relationship with measures of far-right support via collective existential threat.
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