Journal article
Prejudice against Australian Aborigines: Old-fashioned and modern forms
European Journal of Psychology, Vol.27(5), pp.561-587
1997
Abstract
Prejudice is a pervasive and destructive social problem. Theories of prejudice distinguish between old-fashioned and modern forms. The former is an open rejection of minority group members; the latter is subtle and covert, with a veneer of outgroup acceptance. The present study examines the distinction in the context of contemporary attitudes to Australian Aborigines. Separate measures of each, and of other variables, were included in a random survey of the Perth metropolitan area in 1994. The two forms of prejudice were correlated (r=0.55), but factor analysis revealed that the two constructs are separable. Further, they were distributed differently in the population, with modern prejudice being more prevalent than old-fashioned prejudice (57.9 per cent scoring above the midpoint on the modern scale, and only 21.2 per cent on the old-fashioned scale). Modern prejudice was predicted more strongly by social psychological variables (R2=0.51) than was old-fashioned prejudice (R2=0.30), and the pattern of results from regression analyses differed for the two types of prejudice. Overall, the results confirm the distinction between old-fashioned and modern forms of prejudice, but indicate that the two are conceptually and empirically related to one another. Comparisons with earlier research reveal the declining prevalence of old-fashioned prejudice, but indicate prejudice is still a major social problem.
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- Title
- Prejudice against Australian Aborigines: Old-fashioned and modern forms
- Authors/Creators
- A. Pedersen (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityI. Walker (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- European Journal of Psychology, Vol.27(5), pp.561-587
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Identifiers
- 991005541507607891
- Copyright
- Wiley
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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