Attitudes toward Indigenous Australians and asylum seekers: The role of false beliefs and other social-psychological variables

A. Pedersen; S. Clarke; P. Dudgeon; B. Griffiths

doi:10.1080/00050060500243483

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Attitudes toward Indigenous Australians and asylum seekers: The role of false beliefs and other social-psychological variables

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Attitudes toward Indigenous Australians and asylum seekers: The role of false beliefs and other social-psychological variables

A. Pedersen, S. Clarke, P. Dudgeon and B. Griffiths

Australian Psychologist, Vol.40(3), pp.170-178

2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00050060500243483

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Abstract

Australia has a long and chequered history regarding relations between different cultural groups. Indigenous, Asian, Yugoslav, Italian and Arabic Australians have all suffered from negativity directed toward them by ‘‘mainstream’’ Australia. At the beginning of the 21st century there has been much publicity about two groups: Indigenous Australians and asylum seekers. In this paper, we examine community attitudes toward these two groups, in particular the role of false beliefs in such attitudes. We then set out both the similarities and differences in these two highly related sets of attitudes, and conclude that Australia would appear not to be as accepting of a multi-cultural society as we sometimes believe, and on which we often pride ourselves. There are many social-psychological and structural issues related to negative attitudes toward Indigenous Australians and asylum seekers; much work needs to be carried out to address these.

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Title: Attitudes toward Indigenous Australians and asylum seekers: The role of false beliefs and other social-psychological variables
Authors/Creators: A. Pedersen (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
S. Clarke (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
P. Dudgeon (Author/Creator) - Curtin University
B. Griffiths (Author/Creator) - Curtin University
Publication Details: Australian Psychologist, Vol.40(3), pp.170-178
Publisher: Australian Psychological Society
Identifiers: 991005543934507891
Copyright: Taylor and Francis
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Psychology
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration
Citation topics: 6 Social Sciences; 6.73 Social Psychology; 6.73.447 Racial Identity
Web Of Science research areas: Psychology, Multidisciplinary
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