Hur förhåller sig finländarnas demografiska uppfattningar till anti-immigrationstendenser : Antaganden om invandrare med intrasexuell tävlan som referensram
Year: 2023
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The ideas natives hold about immigrants are affected by complex psychosocial processes such as ingroup favoritism and outgroup homogeneity effect as well as media portrayals of immigrants. In this study, I suggest that natives’ estimates of immigrants’ demographic features and mechanisms of intrasexual competition should be considered to better understand individual differences in anti-immigration tendencies (i.e., negative attitudes and behaviors towards immigrants). Based on theories of intrasexual competition suggesting that men compete for reproductive partners more intensely than women, it can be assumed that particularly native men’s perceived access to potential partners might be threatened by immigrating men with certain demographic features. I conducted an online survey study and analyzed data from native Finnish men (N = 68) using a two-way ANOVA. Data from native Finnish women (N = 64) was analyzed exploratively. The results showed that Finnish men’s anti-immigration tendencies were not associated with their estimates of the age, number, or reason to migrate of the individuals immigrating to Finland. Instead, the Finnish men who estimated that most immigrants are men as well as the Finnish men who estimated that immigrants’ most common geographic origin is the Middle East had more anti-immigration tendencies than other male respondents. A regression analysis did not show moderation by mate access or mate value on the results regarding demographic estimates. The results suggest that intrasexual competition can partially explain variation in Finnish men’s anti-immigration tendencies. However, the results indicate that other explanatory factors – potentially perceived economic and cultural threat – are crucial as well.
Source: Doria (University of Helsinki)
Author: Björkvall, Katri
Institution: Åbo Akademi University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7115361234