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Individual Difference and Social Status Predictors of Anti-Semitism and Racism: U.S. and Czech Findings with the Prejudice/Tolerance and Right Wing Authoritarianism Scales
Author(s): Dunbar, Edward; Simonova, Lucie
Date: 2003
Topics: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Far right, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Racism, Antisemitism: Attitude Surveys
Abstract: The relationship of individual difference and social status variables to outgroup bias was studied in the Czech Republic and the US Gough's prejudice/tolerance (Pr/To) and Altemeyer's right wing authoritarianism (RWA) scales were employed with social status variables of gender, age, economic level, and ethnicity in predicting anti-Semitism and racial bias. One hundred and eighty-eight Czech and 281 US participants were included in the study. Results revealed similar cross-cultural relationships for Pr/To and RWA to outgroup bias. However, significant US and Czech differences existed for the social status variables in relationship to outgroup bias. For the Czech sample, men scored significantly higher on Pr/To, RWA, and the measures of outgroup bias while for the US sample of the outgroup bias measures varied by economic level. Hierarchical multiple regression results, controlling for social status variables, demonstrated similar predictive relationships of Pr/To and RWA for anti-Semitism with the Czech and US samples and anti-Roma bias (Czech sample) and anti-Black racism (US sample). A two-factor model is proposed to examine individual difference predisposition to endorse outgroup bias.