Threatened and Emotional: U.S. Host Nationals’ Perceived Threats, Perceived Benefits, and Intergroup Emotions Toward Different Types of Migrants
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The present study was conducted to ascertain how liberal, moderate, and conservative U.S. host nationals would endorse threats and benefits from different migrant groups, as well as positive and negative emotions toward these groups. A sample of 1,292 U.S. voters responded to prompts referring to threats, benefits, and positive and negative emotions vis-à-vis eight migrant groups. Conservatives perceived the greatest threats, and the least benefits, across migrant groups. Liberals were most emotionally variable, whereas conservatives were the least, for all groups. Liberals reported high compassion across migrant groups, and conservatives reported moderate anger across migrant groups.
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Award: G7180973701
OpenAlex ID: W7116769945