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Anti-roma bias (stereotypes, prejudice, behavioral tendencies): A network approach toward attitude strength
The Roma have been and still are a target of prejudice, marginalization, and social
exclusion across Europe, especially in East-Central European countries. This paper
focuses on a set of stereotypical, emotional, and behavioral evaluative responses toward
Roma people selected as representing the underlying components of anti-Roma bias.
Employing network analysis, we investigated if attitude strength is associated with
stronger connectivity in the networks of its constituent elements. The findings from
representative surveys carried out in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, France, and Ireland
supported our assumption, as high attitude strength toward the Roma resulted in stronger
connectivity in all pairs of high- versus low-attitude-strength networks. Our finding
yields a solid theoretical framework for targeting the central variables—those with the
strongest associations with other variables—as a potentially effective attitude change
intervention strategy. Moreover, perceived threat to national identity, sympathy, and
empathy were found to be the most central variables in the networks
Country-level descriptive statistics (Ordered based by PAS score).
<p>Country-level descriptive statistics (Ordered based by PAS score).</p
Bivariate correlation between country-level indicators of the social and economic stability and PAS at the country-level (N = 30).
<p>Bivariate correlation between country-level indicators of the social and economic stability and PAS at the country-level (N = 30).</p
Descriptives and bivariate correlations (Study 2c).
<p>Descriptives and bivariate correlations (Study 2c).</p