Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology
Volume 28 Issue 4 (July/August 2018), Pages 189-289
Positive and negative behavioural intentions towards refugees in Turkey: The roles of national identification, threat, and humanitarian concern (pages 230-243)
- Author(s): Şenay Yitmen, Maykel Verkuyten
- Published 21 Jun 2018
- DOI: 10.1002/casp.2354
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Abstract
The present research investigated positive and negative behavioural intentions towards Syrian refugees in Turkey. The behavioural intentions were examined in relation to national identification, perception of threat, and humanitarian concerns. A questionnaire was conducted among Turkish participants (n = 605) and the results showed that respondents made a distinction between negative and positive behavioural intentions towards Syrian refugees. Further, higher national identification was associated with more negative and less positive behavioural intentions, and perception of threat was responsible for these associations. In addition, humanitarian concern was associated with more positive behavioural intentions and less negative ones. Additionally, stronger humanitarian concern weakened the association between threat perceptions and negative behavioural intentions but also strengthened the association between higher threat and lower positive behavioural intentions.
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